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>>11564087

> homological algebra
> non-commutative algebra
> representation theory
> group theory
> combinatorics
> differential geometry
> complex analysis
> algebraic topology
> k-theory
> category theory
> (I know some overlap or else)

last but not least

> autism

inb4 the absolute entry list

>>11451793

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> inb4 janitor solves a problem in crysteline cohomology or something which was impossible by well-fed, long-trained, state-sponsored champions

Does anyone have an idea how, speaking in crude physiological terms, his brain differed from that of the rest of humanity? I mean the things he did seem unreal, it's like he was connected to some other weird realm that revealed hidden abstract concepts to him.

You can somewhat imagine how Newton, Gauss, Euler etc were really smart and quick and would cycle through ideas and make connections fast but Grothendieck seems like on another level.

You can see how someone would be able to
beat Gauss or Riemann to the punch with their discoveries, but without Grothendieck would there even be be Schemes?

Was his pineal gland more developed or what.