As many others I am very sad that Aurelio has left us. Once he told me something like this: “When, trying to explain a theorem, someone says “for technical reasons I assume this and that...” this usually means that he has not really understood what he is talking about. There is no “technical reason”.” We shall miss him. Best regards, Marino [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
We were colleagues at Genoa, for a few years in 1993-96, and had a paper together on a matter of common interest but based on his initial idea and intuition. In that period, we had the pleasure of having Marta Bunge with us, during her sabbatical in 1993-94, as she already recalled in her message. Then he moved back to Milano and later to Como, and I only met him at conferences and meetings. I regret we had no further occasions of working together. I am shocked, as so many of his colleagues and friends. Marco Grandis [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
Like many of my colleagues I was shocked and saddened by Aurelio's untimely passing. I have many fond memories of him, especially the first time many years ago of seeing him studying with Bill Lawvere here in Buffalo. He will be missed. John Duskin [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
This is really sad news. Aurelio was a unique person, merging mathematical insight, humour and one, his very own, disenchanted sense of life. The latter was a recurrent subject of debate between us every time we met, since the first time at the State University of Milan in 1983, during a seminar in logic. His remarks, in the form of criticism and suggestion on specific topics of research, were always helpful to grasp the point of a problem, seen from his own, deep, understanding of mathematics. Best regards, Aberto Peruzzi [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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Marino Gran