My office in 1870

The historical “main” building of ETH was finished 150 years ago, in 1864. Or rather, the first version was finished, since it was altered and extended quite a bit since then (as did the surroundings!). In a recent NZZ article, I saw this picture

ETH 1870
ETH in 1870

of the building as it looked in 1870. The red square indicates where my office is located…

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Kowalski

I am a professor of mathematics at ETH Zürich since 2008.