Alberto Cassella

[alberto cassella]

Hi everyone,

I'm Alberto Cassella, I was born in Rome (Italy) but I've been living in Milan (Italy) with my family since I was a child.

I did my 3-years bachelor at the University of Milano - Bicocca, where I studied Mathematics (analysis, geometry, algebra, probability, also some basic stuff of physics and computer science). I finished my bachelor in February with a conclusive elaborate about the ring of integers of a number field, with Prof. Thomas Weigel as advisor. After that, I started attending my master degree courses at the University of Milano - Bicocca with Stefano Baranzini, Luca Di Gravina and Giuseppe Giaimo.

My Algebra background is the following: linear algebra, some basic knowledge of group theory, ring theory, fields and Galois theory. During my master degree I will study also representation theory (with Prof. Di Martino), linear codes and linear algebra over finite fields (with Prof. Previtali) and Bass - Serre theory (with Prof. Weigel).

I really like algebra, but actually I'm interested in all the mathematical things I've seen this far, and I also like very much when different topics mix together. So I really like to see how beautifully algebra can interact with the other fields of mathematics and also how different topics in algebra can be connected one to the other.

I love to dance (I used to dance, especially caraibic and latin dances), to read, to study other languages and to eat the food from different countries.

I'm pretty sure this time in Perugia will be special for each of us and I hope we'll manage to keep in touch in the future.

Best regards,

Alberto

[Vavilov Nikolai]

I thought, I have answere Alberto's letter last night, but I do not see it in the group. Haven't I?

 

N.V.

 

30.07.2017, 17:00, "alberto cassella" <alberto....@gmail.com>:

Caro Alberto, grazie! You seem to have the same background as everyone else from Milan, and thus know not

just the prerequisites, but also a large part of the contents of the course itself!

Two years ago, there were more Russians in the Algebra class (4 from St.Petersburg and 1 from Moscow),

than Italians, but this year Milano seems to rule!

I liked your explication, though in this group very few could possibly consider such options as Roma (Texas)

or Milano (Texas), since very few people possibly know such places exist at all. But as I was teaching in

Chicago back in 2000/2001, and would introduce myself as coming from the University of St. Petersburg, a

stereotypical reaction was "It cannot be", or "How come that you do not have typical Florida accent", since

St. Petersburg is indeed, if you count correctly, the second largest city in Florida, after Miami, with the

population of 2.5 million at that time, and presumably even more now. So I was FORCED to start adding

St. Petersburg, Russia.

Oh, food from different countries, that's my favourite part of it, we should discuss that! Before, I used to

study languages as well (are you still within the European range, or have started Asian and Oriental ones

already?), too old, too busy and too lazy to do that seriously anymore. But food, yes, THAT I study. That's

more for foreigners now, than for Italians, of course, but what I find a wonderful side of Italy (and of Spain,

for that matter!), is that there are such SIGNIFICANT regional variations in food (well, language, music,

culture, wine,...) And Umbria is one of my ABSOLUTE favourites (it's not that I'm complaining about Milano,

Padova, Roma, Napoli, or anything, in THIS respect, you just have to know what you are doing).

They also produce here what FOR ME is THE best red wine in Italy, and well may be in the World, Sagrantino

 

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrantino

 

(I had long discussions with my Italian friends and colleagues, who claim it is far too aggressive, far too rough,

far too tanninic, far too high alcohol content, whatever, I know all their arguments, I do not care, I love it, and it

keeps well, I still have some bottles from the previous schools). Also, if you have a free afternoon, go to

Montefalco, look at the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli at San Francesco, and then return to the piazza for

several rounds of passito di Sagrantino --- to buy a whole bottle (0.375 or 0.5 depending on the producer)

is expensive, but you can buy a small shot for 1 euro, and thus taste several different ones.

Otherwise, I admire Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, and SOME of the Chinese and Indian cuisines

--- especially Japanese, actually, whose philosophy is most close to that of Italian cuisine. And I even carry

a special camera (not the one with which I've taken your pictures), to take pictures of food. I have thousands

of them. Neither for vegetarians, nor for weak-hearted, though.

 

N.V.

 

[alberto cassella]

Actually I haven't received your answer last night, I've just read it.

I've studied English, a bit of French, a bit of German (but I can't remember it very well) and I can talk a little bit in Spanish, even though I've never studied it on the books (I used to speak some Spanish with a friend of mine). I'm also studying Esperanto and I've learnt the hiragana alphabet (one of the Japanese alphabets, if anybody doesn't know it), but so far I never studied Japanese grammar, even though I'd love to. I have plans also about studying LIS (Lingua Italiana dei Segni, Italian Sign Language), I don't need it, but it seems fascinating. And I'd like to learn some other both European and not European language.

Actually I haven't attended my master degree Algebra courses yet, because they were in the first semester and I graduated in February, so as for now everything we're doing (but group actions and linear actions) seems to be new.

I really like exotic food (Asian and African, but not only), especially Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Eritrean. And Italian food as well, no need to say this. One of the things I like the most about Milan is the huge amount of exotic restaurants, which allows me to try often different food. I think this leads me to fully appreciate both exotic and Italian food.

Thank you for your advice, I'll try to go to Montefalco and taste passito di Sagrantino, i have to admit I never tried it.

Alberto Cassella

 

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[Luca Sabatini]

Ciao a tutti !

I'm Luca Sabatini and i was born in Giulianova (Abruzzo). It is the central part of Italy as Perugia, but it is very close to the sea !

After the liceo i moved to Milan (another one from Milan) to study maths at the Università Statale (but i'm the only one from there I suppose).

I got my bachelor degree with a short dissertation in Differential Galois Theory under the supervision of Fabrizio Andreatta.

On the other hand, my Master Thesis deals with expander and ramanujan graphs and complexes,

and it is a work with Emanuele Pacifici and Christine Bachoc from Bordeaux.

My background in Algebra consists in the four standard courses during the bachelor (a general introduction, group theory, galois theory, commutative rings and modules),

and some others during the master: algebraic topology, representation theory and algebraic combinatorics, which is currently my favorite topic.

Besides math I like sports in general, notably walking in the mountains (is it a sport?) and football (Lionel Messi is my favorite player by far).

A domani,

Luca

Il 31/07/17 13:18, Vavilov Nikolai <nikolai...@yandex.ru> ha scritto:

I thought, I have answere Alberto's letter last night, but I do not see it in the group. Haven't I?

N.V.