Abstract

The French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck is unanimously regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians in the 20 th century. He was born in a humble family, and relied on self-study to make the tremendous contribution in the field of Functional Analysis and Algebraic Geometry. Since 40 years old Grothendieck started to conduct the anti-war activities, gradually gave up his study and finally got isolated from academic community. This paper is intended to reveal the correlation between sciences and society by introducing the life, mathematical achievements and influence of Grothendieck.

Key Words

Grothendieck; Algebraic geometry; Peace; Decline the award

Citation: Shen, N., Xu, F. 'The Lonely Traveler in the Void: the Great Mathematician Alexander Grothendieck' [J]. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2017, 39(5): 151-157.

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