Alexander Grothendieck Quotes

1928–2014 France

Alexander Grothendieck (28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. His research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory and category theory to its foundations, while his so-called "relative" perspective led to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics.

France
Mathematicians

Also known as: Alexandre Grothendieck, Grothendieck

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The introduction of the digit 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps...

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alexander Grothendieck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.