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“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.”

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Alexander Grothendieck
Alexander Grothendieck

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. more

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