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Nothing forgotten about him. His work is foundational to modern algebraic geometry and there’s no mathematician who doesn’t know who he is.
by Jevon23 2y ago
Nothing forgotten about him. His work is foundational to modern algebraic geometry and there’s no mathematician who doesn’t know who he is.
- mjd 2y agoRight? It's baffling.
- seanhunter 2y agoThe title is specifically referring to a possible reassessment of his later, quasi-mystical writings, post retirement from mathematics in 1970. It’s a bit too long for the HN title submission but the actual article title in the Guardian is “ ‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman?”
- Yeul 2y agoWhy not both? Crazy people can be smart. As for mystic delirium well that's our modern sensibilities talking. Hell there are people today who believe in Marian apparitions.
- wslh 2y agoWasn't Newton a mystic too? Yes, he was [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studie...
- throwaway81523 2y agoHe left IHÉS around 1970 but he stayed active in math, and he kept working as a math professor and later at the CNRS (French research institute). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Manuscripts_written_in_the_1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck#Manuscr...