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I believe that Grothendieck always insisted on spelling his first name "Alexander" rather than the French "Alexandre." If this is true, as I believe it is, let'
by thebear 12y ago
I believe that Grothendieck always insisted on spelling his first name "Alexander" rather than the French "Alexandre." If this is true, as I believe it is, let's make an effort to respect his wish.
- dang 12y agoOk, we'll take your word for that and change the HN title.
- thebear 12y agoThanks, I checked the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck. It says in the first paragraph: 'He consistently spelt his first name "Alexander" rather than the French "Alexandre"', and they give a reference for that.
- hokkos 12y agoThe french wikipedia says he cared a lot about the spelling "Alexander", but signed his french work as "Alexadre".
- fermigier 12y agoInterestingly, it seems that on what might be the last autographed document publicly available from him, he signed "Alexandre" and not "Alexander": https://ztfnews.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/grothendiecks-declaration-original.png https://ztfnews.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/grothendiecks-de...