David Mumford
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David Bryant Mumford is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In
David Mumford in 2010
Alexander Grothendieck
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Alexander Grothendieck, later Alexandre Grothendieck in French, was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. His research extended
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…lecture course on a topic in the area of curves on an algebraic surface, to illustrate the importance of the innovative approach in algebraic geometry of Alexander Grothendieck, based at IHES near Paris. The class notes of this course, given 1963–4, were published in 1966 as Lectures on Curves on an Algebraic Surface, and in…
Sascha Schapiro, his father
The Stolperstein of Alexander Grothendieck, n°165 Brunnenstrasse, Berlin-Mitte, where he lived with his parents.
IHÉS' main building.