Great participation for the homage to A. Grothendieck organized by the Institute on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his passing. More than 300 people gathered for the event, which was held online on 16 November 2024.
The conference featured as speakers the Coordinator of the Institute’s Centre for Grothendieckian Studies (CSG), Fernando Zalamea, one of the world’s leading experts on the mathematical and philosophical work of A. Grothendieck, and Mateo Carmona, Archivist and CSG Website Manager.
In the second part of the meeting, Olivia Caramello, President of the Institute, interviewed four scholars who knew Grothendieck personally, who evoked his memory and intellectual legacy: Christian Escriva, Dominique Lepetz, Jean Malgoire and Marc Tettiravou.
The videos of the event will be soon available on the Institute’s YouTube channel.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the death of the great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck, occurred on 13 November 2014, the Grothendieck Institute organises a commemorative conference in his honour.
The event will be held online on Saturday the 16th of November 2024, from 2 to 6 p.m. CET, and will feature as speakers the Coordinator of the Institute’s Centre for Grothendieckian Studies (CSG), Prof. Fernando Zalamea, one of the world’s leading experts on the mathematical and philosophical work of A. Grothendieck, and Mateo Carmona, Archivist and Manager of the CSG website.
In the second part of the meeting, Prof. Olivia Caramello, President of the Institute, will receive the testimonies of four scholars who have known Grothendieck personally, and who will share their memories and evoke his intellectual heritage: Christian Escriva, Dominique Lepetz, Jean Malgoire and Marc Tettiravou. Interviews will be conducted in French, with simultaneous translation available in several languages.
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