Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Faculty of Science
University of Calgary
Who is Alexandre Grothendieck?
Submitted by jlongwor on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 4:28pm.
Mar 10 2009 - 4:00pm
Mar 10 2009 - 4:50pm
Speaker:
Jonathan Webster
Location:
MS 431
In 1991, Alexandre Grothendieck withdrew from society. At this point in his life, he was refusing to see visitors and had sparse interaction with the mathematical community. This mathematician will probably be
remembered as much for his enormous contributions to our understanding
of algebraic geometry as for eccentricity.
This talk will present an account of his life and will comment on some
of his more accessible mathematics.