Ferdinando 'Teo' Mora[a] is an Italian mathematician, and since 1990 until 2019 a professor of algebra at the University of Genoa.

Life and work

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Mora's degree is in mathematics from the University of Genoa in 1974.[1] Mora's publications span forty years; his notable contributions in computer algebra are the tangent cone algorithm[2][3] and its extension of Buchberger theory of Gröbner bases and related algorithm earlier[4] to non-commutative polynomial rings[5] and more recently[6] to effective rings; less significant[7] the notion of Gröbner fan; marginal, with respect to the other authors, his contribution to the FGLM algorithm.

Mora is on the managing-editorial-board of the journal AAECC published by Springer,[8] and was also formerly an editor of the Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society.[b]

He is the author of the tetralogy Solving Polynomial Equation Systems:

Personal life

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Mora lives in Genoa.[11] Mora published a book trilogy in 1977-1978 (reprinted 2001-2003) called Storia del cinema dell'orrore [it] on the history of horror films.[11] Italian television said in 2014 that the books are an "authoritative guide with in-depth detailed descriptions and analysis."[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b University of Genoa faculty-page.
  2. ^ An algorithm to compute the equations of tangent cones; An introduction to the tangent cone algorithm.
  3. ^ Better algorithms due to Greuel-Pfister and Gräbe are currently available.
  4. ^ Gröbner bases for non-commutative polynomial rings.
  5. ^ Extending the proposal set by George M. Bergman.
  6. ^ De Nugis Groebnerialium 4: Zacharias, Spears, Möller, Buchberger–Weispfenning theory for effective associative rings; see also Seven variations on standard bases.
  7. ^ The result is a weaker version of the result presented in the same issue of the journal by Bayer and Morrison.
  8. ^ Springer-Verlag website.
  9. ^ a b David P. Roberts (UMN) (September 14, 2006). "[Review of the book] Solving Polynomial Equation Systems I: The Kronecker-Duval Philosophy [and also Solving Polynomial Equation Systems II: Macaulay's Paradigm and Gröbner Technology]". Mathematical Association of America Press.
  10. ^ S. C. Coutinho (UFRJ) (March 2009). "Review of solving polynomial equation systems II: Macaulay's paradigm and Gröbner technology by Teo Mora (Cambridge University Press 2005)" (PDF). ACM SIGACT News. 40 (1): 14–17. doi:10.1145/1515698.1515702. S2CID 12448065 – via ACM Digital Library.
  11. ^ a b Giovanni Bogani (December 11, 2002). "O tempora, O... Teo Mora". Genoa, Italy: Repubblica.it. ...Teo Mora vive a Genova. ...scritto libri come La madre di tutte le dualità: l'algoritmo di Moeller, Il teorema di Kalkbrenner, o L'algoritmo di Buchberger ... Negli [1977] anni '70, Mora aveva scritto una monumentale Storia del cinema horror. ... la [2001] ripropone, in una nuova edizione, riveduta, corretta e completamente aggiornata. ...Nel primo volume... fino al 1957... Nosferatu, attori come Boris Karloff e Bela Lugosi... film come Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari. ...Nel secondo volume si arriva fino al 1966... Roger Corman... Il terzo volume arriva fino al 1978... Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, George Romero, Dario Argento, Mario Bava. ... Translation: "...Teo Mora lives in Genoa. ...written works include The Mother of All Dualities: The Möller Algorithm, The Kalkbrenner Theorem, and The Buchberger Algorithm ... In the 1970s, Mora wrote the monumental History of Horror Cinema. ...reprinted [in 2001], as a new edition: revised, corrected, and completely updated. Two volume are already out, the third [volume] will be released in late January [2002], the fourth [volume] in spring 2003. ... In the first volume... [covering] through 1957... Nosferatu, actors like Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi... films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. ...The second volume covers until 1966... Roger Corman, director ...The third volume covers through 1978... Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg, George Romero, Dario Argento, Mario Bava. ..."
  12. ^ "Mostri Universal" [The Universal Pictures monsters]. No. 20. RAI 4, Radiotelevisione Italiana. September 12, 2014. ...[text:] L'intervista — Teo Mora: Professore di Algebra presso il dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione dell'Università di Genova, è anche un noto esperto di cinema horror. Ha curato Storia del cinema dell'orrore, un'autorevole guida in tre volumi con approfondimenti, schede e analisi dettagliate sui film, i registi e gli attori... [multimedia: video content] ... Translation: "...[text:] professor of Algebra in the Computer and Information Science department of the University of Genoa, also a well-known expert on horror films. His book Storia del cinema dell'orrore is an authoritative guide with in-depth detailed descriptions and analysis of films, directors, and actors... [multimedia: video content] ..."

Notes

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  1. ^ Teo Mora is his nickname, but used in most of his post-1980s publications; he has also used the pen name Theo Moriarty.[1]
  2. ^ See previous faculty-page.

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