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I'm in Italy

Thank you very much. It seems a really good idea: we will try it

Thank you for the support Dave. I guess that in the US and UK there are lots of clubs and things like that at university, but here sadly we don't have any (and frankly, we are so few that it would be pointless). By the way, have you any other ideas?

Actually, I asked, but there is none of the things I mentioned.

You're right, but there will be like 10 (all extremely motivated and presumably not chatty) of us all taking the same courses in the whole maths department, so it doesn't seem like a big number that can distract.

Hello. I would like to have some suggestion about how to make university life "more productive". I will make this clearer: 1. in the university I will attend (and pretty much in every university in my country) there are only 30-40 students of maths and 40-50 of physics; 2. it has been verified...

Can you make an example of what you mean by physics-inspired math?

maths or physics degree for theoretical physics? In my country 1. on the one hand, I feel that BSc degrees in physics do not provide adequate mathematical training (that is to say, you've to study nearly-all maths rigorously on your own because only 3 courses in analysis and 1 in geometry...