Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical Portrait (English and French Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1571462821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 307 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Jeremy Gray, Metascience, Nov. (for MAA Reviews)The remarkable life of Grothendieck has shaped not only the work but also the lives of the authors in this book and many more. The book under review is irresistible to anyone who has even a mild interest in and acquaintance with algebraic geometry and who is fascinated by Grothendieck's remarkable life, including a trajectory from a fatherless childhood as a refugee from the Nazis sheltered in southern France, to early adulthood as an outsider who nonetheless absorbed mathematics through his pores, to a stellar career as one of the unquestioned grand masters of algebraic geometry, doing things in magical and radical ways in a style all his own, and then to the mystery that he now poses. . This collage of viewpoints provides a fascinating cubist portrait of Grothendieck, which will form an excellent complement to the multi-part biography which Wilfried Scharlau is writing --Gareth Jones, London Mathematical Society Ne
It is not merely a matter of stating some powerful, striking result that he proved, although there are many of these. Mathematics students and researchers often react to Alexandre Grothendieck's legendary fame in the world of mathematics by asking just what the man did to earn him so brilliant a reputation. But as legitimate as it is, the question is difficult to answer, because of the particularly abstruse nature of his mathematics and the wealth of notions he introduced, some of which have become so natural and so familiar to mathematicians that it is easy to forget that there was ever an actual individual who first brought them out into the light, whereas others are so abstract that even experts may take years to grasp them. This volume also features 6 pages of photographs of the contributing authors.. Seeing him through the eyes of those who knew him well, the reader will come away with a better understanding of what made Grothendieck unique. But more deeply, Grothendieck's work is based on a whole system of recasting old ideas in new ways, and it transformed the entire area of algebraic geometry essentially beyond recognition. This book attempts to provide a reasonable explanation of what made Grothendieck the mathematician that he was. Thirteen articles written by people who knew him personally -- some who even studied or collaborated with him
Malcolm Cameron said "A certain breeze has died away ". Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (19""A certain breeze has died away "" according to Malcolm Cameron. Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (1928 – 201"A certain breeze has died away " Malcolm Cameron Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (1928 – 2014) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju. ) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju. 8 – ""A certain breeze has died away "" according to Malcolm Cameron. Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (1928 – 201"A certain breeze has died away " Malcolm Cameron Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (1928 – 2014) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju. ) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju. 01"A certain breeze has died away " Malcolm Cameron Alexandre Grothendieck: A Mathematical PortraitEdited by Leila SchnepsAlexandre Grothendieck (1928 – 2014) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju. ) was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry extending over many fields leading to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics. Leading a ‘Golden Age’ of mathematics 1959 – 70 at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) ju
She encountered Grothendieck's unpublished writings in 1991, and her mathematical work for over two decades has been devoted to furthering some of the ideas sketched in them, and relating them to other areas of mathematics. . Leila Schneps studied mathematics at Harvard University and then went on to do her doctoral thesis at the University of Paris, where she is now a researcher