Alexandre Grothendieck

Alexandre Grothendieck

[Joyal, André]

Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13

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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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Re: Alexandre Grothendieck

[Ieke Moerdijk]

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

[Jelle Herold]

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

[Valeria de Paiva]

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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Re: Alexandre Grothendieck

[Fred E.J. Linton]

The best way to describe my reaction to this unwelcome news 
is to say that I was entirely bouleversé by it:

> Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13

It marks the end of an epoch!

RiP, AG. -- Fred Linton




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RE: Alexandre Grothendieck

[Joyal, André]

Dear Fred,

Grothendieck is gone, what can we say.
He gave us a space where to play.
He was insane some like to say.
This dark world is lasting too long.
Where are light and fire gone?

I am reading a letter of Grothendieck to Thomason (*):

> Ce vent de mépris à l'égard des indispensables travaux de fondements, 
> (et plus généralement, pour tout ce qui ne se conforme pas à la mode du jour).
> ................
> Ce n'était pas une lettre pour "me plaindre" de ceci ou de cela qui me déplaisait.
> Mais c'était une impossible tentative de *partager une douleur*.
> Je savais bien au fond que c'était sans espoir; car tout le monde fuit la douleur, 
> c'est à dire fuit la connaissance (car il n'y a pas de connaissance
> de l'âme qui soit exempte de douleur). 

(*)Lettre sur les dérivateurs (1991).

-André


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The best way to describe my reaction to this unwelcome news
is to say that I was entirely bouleversé by it:

> Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13

It marks the end of an epoch!

RiP, AG. -- Fred Linton




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