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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
I should start by saying that I come from a very traditional kind of high
school (Liceo Classico, or Classical Lyceum) in which the most important
subjects were Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, philosophy and history, with
very few hours dedicated to mathematics and physics.
During these years I have had the opportunity to deal with a wide range of
branches of mathematics and I must say that, as I expected, I am now
more interested than ever in the "abstract part" of mathematics (namely:
abstract algebra, topology, mathematical logic, mathematical analysis, etc.)
rather than its applications. I think I can see Russel's "cold and austere"
beauty of number theory, for instance, regardless of its usage in modern
cryptography. However I believe it was beneficial to take lectures in
physics, statistics and computer science because it is true that much of
mathematics arose to provide some models to the inductive sciences. I
enjoy working at the interface between mathematics and computing,
especially in C++.
I plan to graduate in the end of July this year and I have already decided to
leave my present institution mostly because it cannot offer to me the wide
range of logic lectures I would like to take. I have read the description of the
MSc in [course name] and it is to my excitement that the lectures offered in
the program are exactly the ones that would fulfill my need: not only a large
selection of courses on logic and the foundation of mathematics, but also
many other lectures on the all other areas of pure mathematics. I am
actually thrilled that all the lessons will be in English. I enjoy reading
English literature a lot in my free time, and furthermore, during high school I
spent one year in New Zealand attending lessons and exams, and did
encounter any problems.