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I'm a mathematician working in algebra. I've been using TeX since 1987, but couldn't write my Ph.D. thesis with it. Sob!

I teach LaTeX at my university, besides the mathematics courses. I'm the author of some LaTeX packages and even of one Plain TeX package. At my site it's possible to download my book on LaTeX programming (in Italian, sorry).

Here's my motto for TeX.SX:

Pronto prontissimo son come il fulmine: sono il factotum della città. (From "Il barbiere di Siviglia", music by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini.)

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If there are $74$ heads and $196$ legs, how many horses and humans are there?
Apr 19, 2016
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What is the antiderivative of $e^{-x^2}$
Oct 12, 2013
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What are some examples of notation that really improved mathematics?
Nov 7, 2013
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Why $\{\mathbf{0}\}$ has dimension zero?
Feb 5, 2014
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Is there another way to solve this integral?
Mar 17, 2015
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A multiplication algorithm found in a book by Paul Erdős: how does it work?
Mar 17, 2017
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$f(a+b)=f(a)+f(b)$ but $f$ is not linear
Oct 3, 2014
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Why are There No "Triernions" (3-dimensional analogue of complex numbers / quaternions)?
May 13, 2016
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Difference between $⊂$ and $⊆$?
Oct 2, 2018
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If $A^2$ and $B^2$ are similar matrices, do $A$ and $B$ have to be similar?
Apr 21, 2015
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