Died the French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck
Died the French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck (Alexander Grothendieck). The scientist died at the age of 86 years at the hospital of the town of Saint-Girons near the village of Lasserre in the Pyrenees, where he lived in seclusion since the 1990-ies. Inform the French newspaper Le Monde.
Mathematician born March 28, 1928 in Berlin to a Jewish family. His father was a native of Russia and in 1942, died in Auschwitz. This influenced the attitudes of the young Grothendieck, making him a pacifist. The future scientist completed graduated from the Institute in Montpellier, and continued his mathematical education in Paris.
The Grothendieck known for his revolutionary contribution in many areas of arithmetic, determined its development for decades. The scientist was part of a group of mathematicians, published under the pseudonym Nicolas Bourbaki. Their work was aimed to construct mathematics on an axiomatic basis, using the theory of sets.
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