Notebook

This notebook collects occasional notes on mathematics, teaching, writing, and academic life.

• 26 July 2026

  Publish Or Perish Is About To Perish

  For decades we have been told that mathematical research is a noble activity: one sits quietly, thinks deeply, struggles with beautiful structures, proves theorems, and occasionally writes them down.

• 15 July 2026

  A Dialogue On Eight Questions In One

  Discussing the role of empty algebras across the communities of universal algebra and category theory is not always easy. The issue is tied so closely to established conventions that, at times, even making those conventions...

• 10 July 2026

  CatAlg 2026: four days in Edolo

  It is not easy for me to think of CatAlg 2026 only as a conference that took place from 1 to 4 July. For many months it was made of emails, programmes, hotel reservations, lists...

• 5 July 2026

  Opening the notebook

  This notebook will collect occasional notes on mathematics, teaching, writing, and academic life.