Mathematics and informatics (or computer science) are disciplines very connected to each other. Informatics is based on mathematics fundamentals and applies them to several areas of the advanced research and everyday life. Just think to the automatic elaboration of information which is present everywhere even if we don't perceive it. There are usually many discussions about which kind of mathematics may be useful to the informaticians or which informatics concepts and tools could help a mathematician. This is a very interesting topic that I will try to develop without any ambition to give an exhaustive answer, but with the goal to provide the reader some thinking tools through small examples.
Read the whole article in Italian published @BDM (Bollettino dei Docenti di Matematica)
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