Nicola Turchi
Research Interests
Stochastic geometry, random polytopes in particular.
Publications
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Geometry of lp-balls: classical results & recent developments
(jointly with Joscha Prochno and Christoph Thäle).
To appear in High Dimensional Probability VIII, Progress in Probability, Birkhäuser (2018+).
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The isotropic constant of random polytopes with vertices on convex surfaces
(jointly with Joscha Prochno and Christoph Thäle).
To appear in Journal of Complexity (2019+)
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Threshold phenomena for high-dimensional random polytopes
(jointly with Gilles Bonnet, Giorgos Chasapis, Julian Grote and Daniel Temesvari).
To appear in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics (2018+).
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Monotonicity of facet numbers of random convex hulls
(jointly with Gilles Bonnet, Julian Grote, Daniel Temesvari, Christoph Thäle and Florian Wespi).
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 455, 1351-1364 (2017).
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Limit theorems for random polytopes with vertices on convex surfaces
(jointly with Florian Wespi).
Advances in Applied Probability 50 (4), 1227-1245 (2018).
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Random polytopes: central limit theorems for intrinsic volumes
(jointly with Christoph Thäle and Florian Wespi).
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 146, 3063–3071 (2018).
Short CV
- since October 2015: Ph.D. Student in RTG 2131 at Ruhr University of Bochum (Germany);
- 2013-2015: Master of Science in Mathematics - University of Padova (Italy);
- 2010-2013: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics - University of Padova (Italy);
- 2010-2015: Class of Natural Science - Galilean School of Higher Education (Italy)
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Master Thesis
(advisor: Dr. Markus Fischer)
Talks
- 13th German Probability and Statistics Days, 27 February - 2 March 2018, Freiburg (Germany);
- Seminar, 21 February 2018, University of Hull (England);
- X Ghiffa-Oggebbio Probability meeting at Lago Maggiore, 31 August - 7 September 2017, Ghiffa (Italy);
- Doktorandentreffen Stochastik, 2-4 August 2017, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany).
Research visits:
- Univerisity of Hull (England), February - April 2018, visiting Joscha Prochno;
- Bern Universität (Switzerland), April 2017, visiting Florian Wespi.
Address
Nicola Turchi
Ruhr University Bochum
Room IB 2/105
44780 Bochum
Germany
Office Hours
Wednesday 11:00-12:00 or by appointment.
Contacts
Tel.: 0234 - 32 - 21197
E-Mail: nicola.turchi -at- rub -dot- de