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Alexander Grothendieck Books

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Alexander Grothendieck was a prominent mathematician born on March 28, 1928, and passed away on November 13, 2014. He made groundbreaking contributions to algebraic geometry and homological algebra, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.

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Form Mathematics Curiosity Number Maths

Author:Alexander Grothendieck

“If there is one thing in mathematics that fascinates me more than anything else (and doubtless always has), it is neither "number" nor "size", but always form. And among the thousand-and-one faces whereby form chooses to reveal itself to us, the one that fascinates me more than any other and continues to fascinate me, is the structure hidden in mathematical things.”

Ifs Faces Form Numbers One Thing Thousand Mathematics Structure Size Mathematical

Author:Alexander Grothendieck

“The introduction of the cipher 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.”

Years Steps Groups Concepts Mathematics Math Nonsense Introduction Ciphers

Author:Alexander Grothendieck

“A different image came to me a few weeks ago. The unknown thing to be known appeared to me as some stretch of earth or hard marl, resisting penetration... the sea advances insensibly in silence, nothing seems to happen, nothing moves, the water is so far off you hardly hear it... yet finally it surrounds the resistant substance.”

Different Seems Happens Earth Moving Water Known Week Sea Surround Resisting Penetration Unknown Things

Author:Alexander Grothendieck