* Alexandre Grothendieck
@ 2014-11-14 2:08 Joyal, André
2014-11-14 12:36 ` Ieke Moerdijk
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From: Joyal, André @ 2014-11-14 2:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:00:54 +0100
De: jean.malgoire@univ-montp2.fr
Objet: décès d'Alexandre Grothendieck
À: all-user <all-users@math.univ-montp2.fr>
Je viens d'être informé du décès d'Alexandre Grothendieck ce matin 13
novembre à l'hopital de Saint-Girons en Ariège.
jean malgoire
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2014-11-14 2:08 Alexandre Grothendieck Joyal, André
@ 2014-11-14 12:36 ` Ieke Moerdijk
2014-11-14 15:52 ` Jelle Herold
2014-11-14 16:39 ` Valeria de Paiva
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From: Ieke Moerdijk @ 2014-11-14 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: categories
Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may
wish to read
http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/14/le-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-est-mort_4523482_3382.html
Ieke Moerdijk
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* Re: Re: Alexandre Grothendieck
2014-11-14 12:36 ` Ieke Moerdijk
@ 2014-11-14 15:52 ` Jelle Herold
2014-11-14 16:39 ` Valeria de Paiva
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From: Jelle Herold @ 2014-11-14 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: categories
Sad news indeed,
On 14 Nov 2014, at 13:36, Ieke Moerdijk <i.moerdijk@math.ru.nl> wrote:
> Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may
> wish to read
>
> http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/14/le-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-est-mort_4523482_3382.html
There is also an interesting thread on Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8604814
And this post by Peter Woit https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7335 , linking to a blog post by Steve Landsburg http://www.thebigquestions.com/2014/11/13/the-rising-sea/
Best,
Jelle.
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* Re: Alexandre Grothendieck
2014-11-14 12:36 ` Ieke Moerdijk
2014-11-14 15:52 ` Jelle Herold
@ 2014-11-14 16:39 ` Valeria de Paiva
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From: Valeria de Paiva @ 2014-11-14 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ieke Moerdijk; +Cc: categories
Further on the sad news of Grothendieck's passing, I think the best to read
is Pierre Cartier on his work:
http://inference-review.com/article/a-country-known-only-by-name
Alexander Grothendieck A Country Known Only by Name
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:36 AM, Ieke Moerdijk <i.moerdijk@math.ru.nl>
wrote:
> Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may
> wish to read
>
> http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/
> 14/le-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-est-mort_4523482_3382.html
>
> Ieke Moerdijk
>
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