mathematician at work (drawing by D. Gubinelli)
personal pages
I'm a mathematician, currently the Wallis Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford and fellow of St. Anne's College. Previously I held positions in Pisa, Paris and Bonn. I work in the field of stochastic analysis. My interests lie at the intersection of analysis, probability and mathematical physics. I like to think about the random functions which appear in many physical theories, including quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. I have a PhD in theoretical physics and at some point I worked in an experimental laboratory. I run. I contribute actively to the development of TeXmacs, a free scientific editing platform. Some time ago I wrote a short novel in Italian.
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my institutional page at the Mathematical Institute
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What is a businessman? Someone who does business? Not quite. It is someone who sees opportunities for doing business when others might miss them. A mathematician is someone who sees opportunities for doing mathematics.
— Ian Stewart, “Letters to a Young Mathematician”
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.
Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.
— Blaise Pascal, “Provincial Letters”, Letter XVI (1656)
Le mot «random» vient d'un terme de vénerie français : randon désigne la course erratique du cerf qui zigzague en essayant d'échapper aux chiens. Le mot a aussi donné «randonnée» en français.
What I admired about Fernando was his capacity to persuade people to be honest with themselves, for when this happens they gain the advantage of surprise. An incomparable tactical advantage in any insurrection.
— John Berger, “From A to X”
the poem begins not where the knife enters
but where the blade
twists.
— Hanif Abdurraqib, “The Prestige”, in “A Fortune for Your Disaster”