Vladimir Voevodsky
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields
Voevodsky in 2011
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
Vladimir Voevodsky
…there by David Kazhdan. While he was a first year undergraduate, he was given a copy of "Esquisse d'un Programme" (submitted a few months earlier by Alexander Grothendieck to CNRS) by his advisor George Shabat. He learned the French language "with the sole purpose of being able to read this text" and started his research…
Sascha Schapiro, his father
The Stolperstein of Alexander Grothendieck, n°165 Brunnenstrasse, Berlin-Mitte, where he lived with his parents.
IHÉS' main building.