Alexander Grothendieck

Frederic P. Miller

Published by Alphascript Publishing

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alexander Grothendieck (born March 28, 1928 in Berlin, Germany) is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. He is most famous for his revolutionary advances in algebraic geometry, but he has also made major contributions to algebraic topology, number theory, category theory, Galois theory, descent theory, commutative homological algebra and functional analysis. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966, and was co-awarded the Crafoord Prize with Pierre Deligne in 1988. He declined the latter prize on ethical grounds in an open letter to the media. He is noted for his mastery of abstract approaches to mathematics, and his perfectionism in matters of formulation and presentation. In particular, he demonstrated the ability to derive concrete results using only very general methods. Relatively little of his work after 1960 was published by the conventional route of the learned journal, circulating initially in duplicated volumes of seminar notes; his influence was to a considerable extent personal, on French mathematics and the Zariski school at Harvard University. 120 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alexander Grothendieck
• Publisher: Alphascript Publishing
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 22W x 15H x 0.7D centimeters 22 centimeters width by 15 centimeters height by 0.7 centimeters depth
• Weight: 195 grams