Author

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Alexander Grothendieck
German-French mathematician (1928-2014)
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1928
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2014
country of citizenship: France, statelessness, German Reich
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: French, German, English
educated at: University of Montpellier, École normale supérieure, Nancy-Université
occupation: mathematician, university teacher
award received: Fields medal, Émile Picard Medal, Crafoord Prize in Mathematics, Cours Peccot
student of: Laurent Schwartz
Alexander Grothendieck (; German pronunciation: [ˌalɛˈksandɐ ˈɡʁoːtn̩ˌdiːk] (listen); French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a stateless and then 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. He is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the twentieth century.Grothendieck began his productive and public career as a mathematician in 1949. In 1958, he was appointed a research professor at the Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS) and remained there until 1970, when, driven by personal and political convictions, he left following a dispute over military funding. He received the Fields Medal in 1966 for advances in algebraic geometry, homological algebra, and K-theory. He later became professor at the University of Montpellier and, while still producing relevant mathematical work, he withdrew from the mathematical community and devoted himself to political and religious pursuits (first Buddhism and later, a more Christian vision). In 1991, he moved to the French village of Lasserre in the Pyrenees, where he lived in seclusion, still working tirelessly on mathematics and his philosophical and religious thoughts until his death in 2014.
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Series
0Works
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Éléments de géométrie algébrique
book
wd:Q274808author: Alexander Grothendieck, Jean Dieudonné
1960
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Allons-nous continuer la recherche scientifique ?
inv:768c03938b1f60861ea2081c23fdc94dauthor: Alexander Grothendieck
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Revêtements étales et groupe fondamental.
inv:102053ad175a57aa89eab748be5e479cauthor: Alexander Grothendieck, M. Raynaud
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Cohomologie locale des faisceaux cohérents et théorèmes de Lefschetz locaux et globaux
inv:71db0da72ef524b07e77809526f5d527author: Alexander Grothendieck
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Commutative Algebra
inv:df0aad168c4d0bfa6f55567973f62145author: Alexander Grothendieck, N. Bourbaki
Articles
4On the de Rham cohomology of algebraic varieties ( 1966 )
scientific article (publication date: 1966)
author: Alexander Grothendieck
Groupes de Type Multiplicatif, et Structure des Schémas en Groupes Généraux ( 1970 )
wetenschappelijk artikel
author: Alexander Grothendieck M. Raynaud, Michael Artin, A. Grothendieck, J.-P. Serre
On the completion of the dual of a locally convex vector space ( 1950 )
scientific article published in 1950
author: Alexander Grothendieck