Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13 ----- Message transféré de jean.malgoire@univ-montp2.fr ----- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:00:54 +0100 De: jean.malgoire@univ-montp2.fr Objet: décès d'Alexandre Grothendieck À: all-user <all-users@math.univ-montp2.fr> Je viens d'être informé du décès d'Alexandre Grothendieck ce matin 13 novembre à l'hopital de Saint-Girons en Ariège. jean malgoire ----- Fin du message transféré ----- [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may wish to read http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/14/le-mathematicien-alexa... Ieke Moerdijk [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
Sad news indeed, On 14 Nov 2014, at 13:36, Ieke Moerdijk <i.moerdijk@math.ru.nl> wrote:
Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may wish to read
http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/14/le-mathematicien-alexa...
There is also an interesting thread on Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8604814 And this post by Peter Woit https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7335 , linking to a blog post by Steve Landsburg http://www.thebigquestions.com/2014/11/13/the-rising-sea/ Best, Jelle. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
Further on the sad news of Grothendieck's passing, I think the best to read is Pierre Cartier on his work: http://inference-review.com/article/a-country-known-only-by-name Alexander Grothendieck A Country Known Only by Name On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:36 AM, Ieke Moerdijk <i.moerdijk@math.ru.nl> wrote:
Further to the announcement by Jean Malgoire, readers of the list may wish to read
http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/11/ 14/le-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-est-mort_4523482_3382.html
Ieke Moerdijk
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The best way to describe my reaction to this unwelcome news is to say that I was entirely bouleversé by it:
Alexandre Grothendieck died this morning November 13
It marks the end of an epoch! RiP, AG. -- Fred Linton [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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