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Homage to Alexander Grothendieck
- uptownfunk 2y agoHe is one of those for whom I wish I had enough time to understand his ideas.
- enriquto 2y agoYou do not need to understand all his ideas, just one or two to begin with.
- ykonstant 2y agoI would suggest the relative viewpoint to geometry as one: is a beautiful concept and not too hard to understand at a rudimentary level. It also provided the springboard for Grothendieck's developments of topoi.
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> I would suggest the relative viewpoint to geometry as one: is a beautiful concept and not too hard to understand at a rudimentary level. See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grothendieck%27s_relative_point_of_view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grothendieck%27s_relative_poin...
- dostick 2y ago“… for 10th anniversary of his death”, must have number dividable by 10 even if it means celebrating person’s death!
- bigbacaloa 2y ago[dead]
- youoy 2y agoI share the translated quote that they have chosen for the frontpage, for people that just read the comments: > There are no “final words”, no “conclusions” in Récoltes et Semailles, any more than there are in my life, or in yours. There is a wine, aged for a lifetime in the barrels of my being. The last drink you drink will not be better than the first or the hundredth. They are all “the same”, and they are all different.
- ddrdrck_ 2y agoSeems like empty words to me ... Thankfully Grothendieck mathematical works are more conclusive and more groundbreaking than his thoughts on personal development !
- youoy 2y agoFair point. I mean, if you compare any philosophical statement against a mathematical one, the philosophical one is always going to be almost empty in comparison :)
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