From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/8391 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: RE: Alexandre Grothendieck Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:54:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <099skRaLG0480S05.1416269552@web05.cms.usa.net> Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416357095 8005 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 00:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:31:35 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Wed Nov 19 01:31:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.127]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XqtBB-00077S-Fe for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:31:29 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:39696) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XqtAL-0004o6-6r; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:30:37 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XqtAM-0000Bs-AQ for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:30:38 -0400 Thread-Topic: categories: Alexandre Grothendieck Thread-Index: AQHQAsRp+eUcjgwxEEWlknCP4cquNJxlj0+T In-Reply-To: <099skRaLG0480S05.1416269552@web05.cms.usa.net> Accept-Language: en-US, en-CA Content-Language: en-US Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:8391 Archived-At: Dear Fred,=0A= =0A= Grothendieck is gone, what can we say.=0A= He gave us a space where to play.=0A= He was insane some like to say.=0A= This dark world is lasting too long.=0A= Where are light and fire gone?=0A= =0A= I am reading a letter of Grothendieck to Thomason (*):=0A= =0A= > Ce vent de m=E9pris =E0 l'=E9gard des indispensables travaux de fondement= s, =0A= > (et plus g=E9n=E9ralement, pour tout ce qui ne se conforme pas =E0 la mod= e du jour).=0A= > ................=0A= > Ce n'=E9tait pas une lettre pour "me plaindre" de ceci ou de cela qui me = d=E9plaisait.=0A= > Mais c'=E9tait une impossible tentative de *partager une douleur*.=0A= > Je savais bien au fond que c'=E9tait sans espoir; car tout le monde fuit = la douleur, =0A= > c'est =E0 dire fuit la connaissance (car il n'y a pas de connaissance=0A= > de l'=E2me qui soit exempte de douleur). =0A= =0A= (*)Lettre sur les d=E9rivateurs (1991).=0A= =0A= -Andr=E9=0A= =0A= =0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Fred E.J. Linton [fejlinton@usa.net]=0A= Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 7:12 PM=0A= To: =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?=3D22Joyal?=3D@co02.mbox.net; Joyal, Andr=E9; "categor= ies@mta.ca"=0A= Subject: Re: categories: Alexandre Grothendieck=0A= =0A= The best way to describe my reaction to this unwelcome news=0A= is to say that I was entirely boulevers=E9 by it:=0A= =0A= > Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13=0A= =0A= It marks the end of an epoch!=0A= =0A= RiP, AG. -- Fred Linton=0A= =0A= =0A= [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]