Re: Was Grothendieck betrayed?

["Alexander Prähauser" <ahprae@protonmail.com>]

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Keith Harbaugh <keith.harbaugh@gmail.com> writes:

Apart from Grothendieck himself, Cartier went a bit into them from his
perspective in "A Country Known only by Name", but the most interesting
account I know, because it isn't from either side, is the chapter "A
Trip to Nancy with Alexander Grothendieck" in "The Mathematician's
Brain" by David Ruelle, who was working there at the time. Quote:

"It may be hard to believe that a mathematician of Grothendieck's
caliber could not find an adequate academic position in
France after he left the IHES. I am convinced that if Grothendieck
had been a former student of the Ecole Normale and if he
had been part of the system, a position commensurate with his
mathematical achievements would have been found for him.…

Understandably, some people would like to blame Grothendieck's
exclusion entirely on Grothendieck himself: he went
crazy and left mathematics. But this does not fit with the known
facts and their chronology. Something shameful has taken place.
And the disposal of Grothendieck will remain a disgrace in the
history of twentieth-century mathematics."

> From the Guardian article:
> "a sense of betrayal by his former colleagues."
> https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/31/alexander-grothendieck-huawei-ai-artificial-intelligence⚠️<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/uTE5Cyoj8PurN5OllfMh1Cx8kjP?domain=theguardian.com>
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> Is there any discussion within the French mathematical community of the validity of that charge?
> References, please.
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> I know this brings up some issues.
> I think it would be worthwhile to discuss them.
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