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I am a professor of Mathematics at the University of Pisa, Italy.

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Suggestions for good notation
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German mathematical terms like "Nullstellensatz"
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A topologist is not a mathematician - a small question
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The functional equation $f(f(x))=x+f(x)^2$
Dec 17, 2010
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What is your favorite proof of Tychonoff's Theorem?
May 30, 2010
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Why do we teach calculus students the derivative as a limit?
Sep 27, 2010
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Is the sum $\sum\limits_{j=0}^{k-1}(-1)^{j+1}(k-j)^{2k-2} \binom{2k+1}{j} \ge 0?$
Jun 23, 2010
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A counterexample for Sard's theorem in $C^1$ regularity
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Did ancient mathematicians know Euler's characteristic for convex polyhedra?
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Compact embeddings of Sobolev spaces: a counterexample showing the Rellich-Kondrachov theorem is sharp
Nov 16, 2011
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