Dear Paul and Wesley, thanks for having pointed to the Guardian's article ! Last August "France Culture" hosted a radio broadcast in five parts about Grothendieck's life: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/iV8hCNLJxki0NqWWwfmfpCybJDB?domain=ra... I wamly recommend this broadcast to everyone understanding French. The common point with the Guardian's article are interviews with Grothendieck's children, yet there are many more including one with Pierre Deligne and one with an ingeneer of Huawei. While I was upset after having read the Guardian's article, feeing that its global conclusion was an illustration of the relationship that might exist between mathematical genius and mental illness, the French broadcast delivers a much brighter picture of Grothendieck's life showing his deep emotional involvment in everything he did, including mathematics. All the best, Clemens. Le 2024-08-31 22:24, Wesley Phoa a écrit :
Thanks - I saw this! I'm relieved the journalist didn't try to explain what a topos was, or indeed anything mathematical.
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On Aug 31, 2024, at 1:13 PM, Paul Taylor <categories@paultaylor.eu> wrote:
An article about Alexander Grothiendieck has just appeared in the Guardian online newspaper. Be warned, it contains some seriously weird stuff! Toposes get a mention, though "not as we know them", along with Huawei, AI and Olivia Caramello. Beyond that, I'm not going to comment!
Since Microsoft mangles web addresses, here is the address with the punctuation removed:
www theguardian com science article 2024 aug 31 alexander-grothendieck-huawei-ai-artificial-intelligence
Paul Taylor.
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