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- From: cxm7@po.CWRU.Edu (Colin Mclarty)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Grothendieck, and Algebraic Geometry
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- Date: 19 Dec 92 17:29:49 GMT
- Reply-To: cxm7@po.CWRU.Edu (Colin Mclarty)
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- Does anyone know of a published summary of Grothendieck's
- work--I mean in the nature of a scientific biography? The only
- thing like that I know is Mumford and Tate's discussion of
- Grothendieck and Deligne in _Science_ _202_ (1978) a propos of
- Deligne's Fields Medal. I have also read the later parts of his
- _Recoltes et Semailles_ (a sort of autobiography distributed by
- the math dept. at Montpellier) and would appreciate it if anyone
- could let me see a copy of the first two parts which seem to be
- unavailable.
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- I'm not looking for introductions to the substance of
- his work. Those are available. I want to see summary and
- evaluation.
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- Algebraic geometry seems to have a very strong boom-and-bust
- cycle and I have gotten the impression that there was move away
- from it in the wake of the Grothendieck-Deligne work. Falting's
- theorem shows that's not entirely true. But I have heard that
- Mumford said he was leaving the field because it had gotten
- over-developed or something like that. I would appreciate any
- anecdotes on this point, and any references to published material.
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- Thanks,
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- Colin McLarty
-