Filippo - Maths tutor - Roma
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Filippo - Maths tutor - Roma

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Filippo will be happy to arrange your first Maths lesson.

Filippo

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Filippo will be happy to arrange your first Maths lesson.

  • Rate R752
  • Response 1h
  • Students

    Number of students Filippo has accompanied since joining Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Filippo has accompanied since joining Superprof

Filippo - Maths tutor - Roma
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  • Maths
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Calculus
  • Mathematical analysis

Algebra and Analysis Theoretical physicist & university researcher — Maths and Physics at any level, from high school to university — Top 10 in Italy out of 209,151 tutors, top 5 in Physics and Maths

  • Maths
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Calculus
  • Mathematical analysis

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Filippo will be happy to arrange your first Maths lesson.

About Filippo

I help you turn a complex problem into a clear, rigorous and verifiable solution. Whether it's an exercise, an exam, a project or a technical document, I work with a precise method: define the problem correctly, keep the steps clean, run consistency checks and explain clearly — so that you genuinely become independent. The goal isn't reaching "the right answer", but building a way of reasoning that's useful today and still worth something tomorrow.
Over 12 years I've worked with more than 3,000 students in mathematics and physics, at every level: from high school to university.
Superprof lists 209,151 teachers in Italy. I'm in the country's top 10 overall, and have been consistently in the top 5 since 2020 in both physics (over 21,000 teachers) and mathematics (over 41,000). I teach in English and regularly work with students enrolled in English-taught degree programmes, in Italy and abroad.

★ Teaching
I taught Mathematics and Physics at Liceo Scientifico "Galileo Galilei" in Catania (an Italian science-track secondary school) and, as a university tutor, I was awarded more than 15 tutoring contracts totalling 360 hours — with the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (Linear Algebra, Geometry), Building Engineering and Architecture (General Physics) and Chemical Sciences (Physics I and II, and laboratory courses). I also teach in adult education. That means I've worked with students of every age and every starting point, and I take nothing for granted.

★ Research
I'm a theoretical physicist with an interdisciplinary background across physics, mathematics, quantitative modelling, data science and network econometrics. I'm currently a researcher in Mathematics and Data Analytics for Finance at the University of Verona. Before that: a postgraduate Master's in Quantum Science and Technology at the University of Catania, working on open-system simulations with IBM Quantum; a Master's in Data Management and Curation at S.I.S.S.A. in Trieste; and a research grant at C.N.R.-I.M.M. in Catania. MSc in Physics (110/110, theoretical track — the highest grade in the Italian system), with a thesis on non-Hermitian PT-symmetric crystals, and a 12-month placement at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg on general relativity, gauge/gravity duality and particle physics. BSc in Physics, with a thesis on topological phases of matter.

★ Why I'm telling you this
Not because any of it is needed for a routine exercise. But because when an exam is genuinely hard — an advanced course, a lecturer with very idiosyncratic exam papers, a problem that looks like nothing in the textbook — the difference is made by someone who knows that subject from the inside.

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About the lesson

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Matric/GCSE
  • +2
  • levels :

    Primary

    Secondary

    Matric/GCSE

    Adult education

    BTech

  • English

Languages in which the lesson is available :

English

★ I don't have a single method, and I say so openly
How I work is something I decide once I understand who I'm working with. Someone rebuilding from scratch and someone going from a 24 to a 30 need two different things, and treating them the same way is one of the reasons so much tutoring doesn't work. If you already have the basics, we start straight from past exam papers. We work on real problems — the ones from your course — and theory comes in small doses: when it's needed, exactly where it's needed. It's the fastest route to being ready for a sitting. If you're starting further back, the first goal isn't mastery, it's orientation. I'm not interested in making you an expert on the first two chapters: you'd end up flawless on the first twenty pages and lost on everything else, which is precisely how people arrive at an exam unprepared. I'd rather start with a view from above of the whole syllabus. At first it's necessarily rough, and that's fine — it's there to show you where things are, which ones connect and where it's all heading, so you're not moving in the dark. Then we come down and walk the ground piece by piece: each new topic finds its place in a picture you already hold, instead of joining a list. That rough overview is the starting point, not the destination. By the end you could draw the map yourself: you know the syllabus in detail and, above all, you know how to find your way alone. That's where I want to get you — and with anyone who stays consistent, we get there. Then, either way, we converge on the same thing: progressively harder problems, until you tackle them on your own and I only step in where needed.

★ Theory, as deep as you need
We raise the technical level as far as you want. If the goal is an oral exam, we go into full proofs: the hypotheses of each theorem, why each one is needed, what happens if it fails, counterexamples, edge cases. In an oral it isn't enough to solve the problem — you have to hold up under questioning, and that's exactly where the questions come from. The same applies to theory-heavy exams, to anyone aiming at a top mark, and to anyone writing a thesis: there's no ceiling on how deep we can go. We decide together how far to push, based on what you'll be asked.

★ How a lesson works
Lessons are online, with an interactive whiteboard and professional software for simulation and for checking results. At the end of each lesson you receive a PDF with everything we produced together: boards, worked problems, steps. Plus selected material for the topics we're covering. It all stays in your personal area, and it stays yours. Explanations run on concrete examples and practical analogies: if a formula means nothing to you, the problem is almost always that nobody has shown you where it comes from. I also teach in English, with students on English-taught degree programmes.

★ What I cover
Preparation for university exams and school assessments - Filling gaps and catching up, including from previous years - Extension work for anyone aiming at a top mark - Entrance test preparation - Worked solutions to problems, with detailed notes - Writing and reviewing coursework (dissertations, reports, presentations, slides) in LaTeX or professional software

★ On artificial intelligence
It's convenient for revising a definition or having a standard concept re-explained, but it can't give you what I offer: someone who knows your exam and your lecturer, who sees where you get stuck while you're working, and who stands behind every step you take into that exam.

★ How we start
The first contact is an introductory phone call: we look at your exam together, the time you have and where you're starting from, and I tell you honestly whether I can be useful to you and how best to proceed.

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Rates

Rate

  • R752

Package rates

  • 5h: R3761
  • 10h: R7145

online

  • R752/h

travel

  • + R30

free lesson

The free first lesson with Filippo allows you to get to know the tutor and discuss your needs and expectations.

  • 30min

Details

★ Your first-lesson bonus
You're entitled to a bonus, to use as you prefer: · a free introductory phone call, to set out goals, timing and how we'll work · or a discount on your first booking The introductory call is meant for people looking to set up a proper course of study, not to have a single problem solved on the spot.

★ Cost of services
60-minute lesson — €40
40-minute lesson — €30 · useful for unblocking a specific doubt or going over a single problem before a test Minimum duration for any service: 40 minutes.

★ Packages (payable in 3 instalments, valid 4 months) Basic 60 — 10 sixty-minute lessons · €380 Mix 60+40 — 5 sixty-minute lessons and 5 forty-minute lessons · €330 Basic 40 — 10 forty-minute lessons · €280 And there's more: I build tailored packages around the path you need — different numbers and lengths of lessons, monthly programmes, preparation focused on a single exam, or formats combining lessons and written solutions. Just ask for a quotation.

★ What you can book
Individual online lessons, live · Remote support sessions, arranged individually · Recorded lessons and non-live worked solutions, with detailed PDF notes · Writing and reviewing technical and professional documents in LaTeX For written solutions and technical documents: free quotation, no obligation, usually within a few hours. The cost depends on the level (secondary school, university, advanced) and on urgency — standard, express +30%, priority +50%. Minimum quotation €40.

★ Refunds
Packages are refundable at any time on lessons not yet taken, net of the discount applied to the package. Lessons bought as part of a package should be booked within 4 months of purchase.

★ Conditions
I have a VAT number and issue proper invoices: the amounts shown are all-inclusive, already covering any tax and administrative charges. Payment in 3 instalments available on packages. Lessons should be cancelled at least 24 hours in advance; after that the lesson counts as taken. Appointments are confirmed once payment is completed.

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Find out more about Filippo

Find out more about Filippo

  • Da dove nasce la tua passione per la materia che insegni e per le lezioni private?

    Mi sono appassionato alla matematica e alla fisica da ragazzo. Frequentavo un istituto tecnico commerciale dove, in pratica, non veniva insegnata né matematica né fisica. Iniziai a leggere libri di matematica e fisica da autodidatta e in modo appassionatamente curioso, non ho più smesso di esserne innamorato. Ho iniziato a dare lezioni private per aiutare amici e conoscenti in difficoltà.
    Ciò che accese il mio desiderio di conoscere la matematica e la fisica da ragazzo fu un libro divulgativo di fisica, regalatomi da una persona a me cara. Mi resi subito conto che più strumenti e concetti matematici si hanno a disposizione e più diventa semplice maneggiare e comprendere la fisica, quindi ho continuato a studiare matematica di pari passo con la fisica. Mi sono accorto, nel tempo, che più si alza il livello di fisica, più emerge la connessione tra le due cose e l'impossibilità di esprimere una fisica che possa fedelmente descrivere la natura senza un apparato matematico robusto. Degli esempi lampanti sono: la teoria quantistica dei campi, la teoria della relatività generale e la teoria delle stringhe.
  • Quali sono le tematiche che preferisci trattare con gli allievi? E quali sono quelle che ti piacciono meno?

    Preferisco trattare argomenti che riguardano la connessione intima tra la matematica e la fisica.
    Considero ogni argomento trattato come un modo per ripassare cose già studiate, per cementificare le mie conoscenze e per riuscire ad insegnare ad un livello sempre più alto. Non ci sono tematiche che non mi piace trattare.
  • Quali sono i tuoi modelli o punti di riferimento? C'è stato un insegnante o un'opera in particolare che ti hanno segnato e ispirato?

    Un insegnante conosciuto all'università è stato un po' la mia lanterna ed è tuttora un riferimento per me, mi ha fatto scoprire ambiti della matematica e della fisica che prima non conoscevo e che mi interessano moltissimo adesso.
    Tra i miei punti di riferimento c'è sicuramente Albert Einstein, dotato di un intuito formidabile e di una grandissima capacità di adattamento a concetti nuovi, accompagnata dall'abilità a trarne ogni possibile conclusione.
    "Finché le leggi della matematica si riferiscono alla realtà, non sono certe, e finché sono certe, non si riferiscono alla realtà." - A.E.
    "La matematica si occupa esclusivamente delle relazioni tra i concetti senza considerare la loro connessione con l'esperienza. Anche la fisica si occupa di concetti matematici; tuttavia questi concetti assumono un contenuto fisico solo attraverso una chiara determinazione del loro rapporto con gli oggetti dell'esperienza. Questo vale in particolare per i concetti di moto, spazio, tempo." - A.E.
    Un altro mio punto di riferimento è Richard Feynman:
    "Non so che cosa non va nella gente: non imparano usando l'intelligenza, ma solo meccanicamente o giù di lì. Il loro sapere è così fragile." - R.F.
    Altri miei punti di riferimento sono Henri Poincaré, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Bernhard Riemann, Lev Landau, Paul Dirac, Steven Weinberg, ma potrei citarne altri ancora.
  • Quali sono, secondo te, le qualità necessarie per essere un buon insegnante o un esperto nel tuo dominio?

    Un qualità necessaria per essere un buon insegnante è avere passione in quello che si fa, provando passione si può trasmettere passione. Un'altra qualità è riuscire a descrivere con le parole e gli esempi più semplici un concetto o un fenomeno che si ha davanti. Penso che sia fondamentale tanta curiosità e sete di conoscenza, desiderio di capire perché qualcosa funzioni in un certo modo.
  • Raccontaci un aneddoto divertente o particolare relativo alla tua formazione o ad una esperienza di lezione!

    Durante il mio esame di laurea ho portato con me una ciambella e l'ho aperta con le mani, di fronte alla commissione, sporcando tutta la cattedra e il telecomando del proiettore di zucchero e cioccolata per rappresentare delle proprietà topologiche della ciambella. Una volta finito di esporre, ho dato un morso alla ciambella e me ne sono andato dimenticando completamente di dover rispondere alla domanda fatta da un professore in commissione. Quindi vengo richiamato alla cattedra, finisco il pezzo di ciambella che ormai avevo in bocca e rispondo alla domanda.
  • Rassicuraci, anche tu, come tutti noi, hai riscontrato qualche difficoltà a scuola.. ?

    Conservo ancora un quaderno del secondo anno di scuole superiori in cui la professoressa di "pseudo-matematica finanziaria", in seguito ad una mia impreparazione, scrisse "Sei un somaro!" seguito dalla propria firma.
  • Quali sono le tue passioni, oltre alla materia che insegni?

    Il fai da te, fare sport a corpo libero, il giardinaggio e la lettura.
  • Cosa ti rende un grande Superprof (oltre al fatto di aver risposto a questa intervista :-P)?

    Il credere che si possano trasmettere le proprie passioni e il fatto che sarò un alunno per tutta la vita.
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