Davide Proment

Davide is an associate professor in applied maths and physics at UEA. His research focusses mainly on vortex dynamics and turbulence in quantum fluids, but he also works on out-of-equilibrium regimes of other physical systems like ocean waves, light propagating in nonlinear media, and nonlinear chains in solid state physics. He likes cooking, growing his own vegetables and fruits, travelling, and playing board games.

Why does a (hyper-)sphere shrink in high dimensions?

Mathematics / By Davide Proment / August 9, 2021 August 9, 2021

I have always liked geometry. I can make sense of a geometrical problem if I can picture it or sketch it on a piece of paper. For example, by drawing a cube box of side $ R $, I can immediately convince myself that its surface area is $ 6 \times R^2 $ (as there …

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Welcome to The Axiom

Meta posts / By Asaf Karagila / June 14, 2021 June 3, 2021

Welcome! We are the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia, and this is our blog. This is not your typical maths blog, we’re not here to solely discuss maths. This is also not your typical “maths department blog” where we advertise how great it is to work and study here. This is …

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