His book on Fermat's Last Theorem was fascinating --- I was most reluctant to return it to its owner, and this notice reminds me to go out and just buy the thing, assuming it remains in print. Fred Lunnon On 10/12/10, rcs@xmission.com <rcs@xmission.com> wrote:

Alf van der Poorten has died. He did a fair amount of work with Somos sequences. Jeff Shallitt has a tribute on his blog, at http://recursed.blogspot.com/2010/10/alf-van-der-poorten-1942-2010.html and there's a notice at http://www.austms.org.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=110

Rich

----- Forwarded message from gerry.myerson@mq.edu.au ----- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:43:38 -0500 From: g m <gerry.myerson@mq.edu.au> Reply-To: Number Theory List <NMBRTHRY@listserv.nodak.edu>, g m <gerry.myerson@mq.edu.au> Subject: Alf van der Poorten To: NMBRTHRY@listserv.nodak.edu

I regret to inform the Number Theory list of the passing of Alf van der Poorten. http://www.austms.org.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=110 -- Gerry Myerson (gerry.myerson@mq.edu.au)

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