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What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

✇NYT > Science
By:Siobhan Roberts
14 February 2025 at 04:00
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots.

© Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times

Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at ETH Zurich and a current member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., investigates “optimal transport,” the study of starting points, end points and the paths between.

What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

✇NYT > Technology
By:Siobhan Roberts
14 February 2025 at 04:00
Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots.

© Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times

Alessio Figalli, a mathematician at ETH Zurich and a current member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., investigates “optimal transport,” the study of starting points, end points and the paths between.
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