Alexander Grothendieck
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Alexander Grothendieck in Montreal, 1970
Born(1928-03-28)28 March 1928
Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Died13 November 2014(2014-11-13)(aged 86)
Saint-Lizier, France
Nationality
  • French since 1971
  • Stateless (post 1945 until 1971)
Alma mater
  • University of Montpellier
  • University of Nancy
Known forRenewing algebraic geometry and synthesis between it and number theory and topology
List of things named after Alexander Grothendieck
Awards
  • 1966  Fields Medal
  • 1977 Émile Picard Medal
  • 1988  Crafoord Prize(declined)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics – functional analysis, algebraic geometry, homological algebra
Institutions
  • Institut des hautes études
    scientifiques (IHÉS)
  • University of Montpellier
  • University of São Paulo
ThesisProduits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires (1953)
Doctoral advisors
  • Laurent Schwartz
  • Jean Dieudonné
Doctoral students
  • Pierre Berthelot
  • Pierre Deligne
  • Michel Demazure
  • Pierre Gabriel
  • Jean Giraud
  • Luc Illusie
  • Michel Raynaud
  • Hoàng Xuân Sính
  • Jean-Louis Verdier