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This article introduces the papers in the special section of the Lettera Matematica International Edition dedicated to author David Foster Wallace.
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Wallace, D.F.: Derivative sport in tornado alley (1990). In: A supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again: essays and arguments, pp. 3–20. Back Bay Books (1998)
Wallace, D.F.: Everything and more: a compact history of infinity. W. W. Norton, New York (2003)
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This section on Wallace has been made possible thanks to the work of a great number of people. In the first place we thank Angelo Guerraggio and Luca Alberini of the editorship of the Lettera Matematica for the patience they have shown during the long preparation, not always easy. The translations from articles originally in Italian were done by Kim Williams. This project could not have existed without the Wallace-l list, coordinated by Matt Bucher (http://www.mattbucher.com/tag/wallace-l/), and the website Howling Fantods by Nick Maniatis (http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/), both of which are inexhaustible sources of unpublished and interesting material about Wallace and his work. Steve Rhodes and Davide Azzolini generously granted permission to publish the photographs of Wallace that appear here, and Matthew Zuckero provided us with the image of the Cantorian cover of Infinite Jest, which we found thanks to the fine website of Chris Ayers (http://pooryorickentertainment.tumblr.com/). Thanks also to the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas for allowing us to publish the image that accompanies the article by Laura Kreyder. Stephen Burn immediately believed in this project, maintaining that Wallace’s relationship with mathematics was an area that was up to now but little explored in international studies devoted to this author. It was his idea to interview Erica Neely, who we thank for patiently and kindly replying to the questions of Stuart James Taylor. Finally, we thank Luigi Civalleri for his help with various editorial situations that we weren’t sure how to deal with. Finally, Roberto Natalini thanks Gabriella for having tolerated this obsession for so many years.
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Lucchetti, R., Natalini, R. David Foster Wallace and mathematics: preface. Lett Mat Int 3, 235–236 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-015-0117-x
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