2024/04/04 by Thomas Ward, Ward, Thomas · 1 citation
Mathematics · Computer Science · #History and Theory of Mathematics #Polynomial and algebraic computation #Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2404.03464
Patrick Moss (1947--2024) had two distinct lives as a mathematician. The first was as a ring theorist in the late 1970s, in which he worked with Ginn and Lenagan as a student. After a long career as an inspirational mathematics teacher, Patrick completed a doctorate under my supervision in 2003. This led to a second mathematical life in arithmetic dynamics almost forty years after his first period of research. This is a short obituary of his remarkable contributions, several of which have stimulated further research.