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Récoltes et Semailles I, II: Réflexions et témoignage sur un passé de mathématicien
Considéré comme le génie des mathématiques de la seconde moitié du XX� siècle, Alexandre Grothendieck est l'auteur de Récoltes et semailles, une sorte de "monstre" de plus de mille pages, selon ses propres termes. Le tapuscrit mythique, qui s'ouvre sur une critique acerbe de l'éthique des mathématiciens, emmènera le lecteur jusque dans les territoires intimes d'une expérience spirituelle après l'avoir initié à l'écologie radicale.Dans cette tresse littéraire s'entremêlent plusieurs récits, "un voyage à la découverte d'un passé ; une méditation sur l'existence ; un tableau de moeurs d'un milieu et d'une époque (ou le tableau du glissement insidieux et implacable d'une époque à une autre...) ; une enquête (quasiment policière par moments, et en d'autres frisant le roman de cape et d'épée dans les basfonds de la mégapolis mathématique...) ; une vaste divagation mathématique (qui en sèmera plus d'un...) ; [...] un journal intime ; une psychologie de la découverte et de la création ; un réquisitoire (impitoyable, comme il se doit...), voire un règlement de comptes dans “le beau monde mathématique� (et sans faire de cadeaux...)".
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Alexandre Grothendieck
27Ìýbooks48ÌýfollowersAlexander Grothendieck (born 28 March 1928 in Berlin, Germany; died 13 November 2014 in St Girons, Ariège) is considered to be 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 ("new" math), 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.[1][2][3] 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. He is the subject of many stories and some misleading rumors concerning his work habits and politics, his confrontations with other mathematicians and the French authorities, his withdrawal from mathematics at age 42, his retirement, and his subsequent lengthy writings.
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.[1][2][3] 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. He is the subject of many stories and some misleading rumors concerning his work habits and politics, his confrontations with other mathematicians and the French authorities, his withdrawal from mathematics at age 42, his retirement, and his subsequent lengthy writings.
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