/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12291070
You're supposed to rederive it yourself using your intuition anon.

Alexander Grothendieck (/ˈɡroʊtəndiːk/; German: [ˈɡroːtn̩diːk]; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.[7][8] His research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory and category theory to its foundations, while his so-called "relative" perspective led to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics.[7][9] He is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century.[10]

Do you agree with the last statement?

What does /mg/ think of selling out to the military industrial complex?
I'm doing an honours project in isogeny based cryptography (yes I'm an elliptic curve chad). My cunt's equivalent of the NSA is involved in a partnership with my university and my supervisor has suggested working with them.

Pros:
>Involvement with people with actual experience in cryptography (my supervisor is a number theorist)
>funding (probably)
>industry experience and connections
Cons:
>working for the man
>need to get a background check

I think I will do it because I think that despite the organisation being involved in some bad things my research isn't harmful (and indeed is beneficial). I would like /mg/ opinion though. Would you do it?

or him

>>11827018
>his brain is too small to contemplate a simple 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 case proof

>>11808235
'cause bald
there's some something on baldness

>Grothendieck thought 57 was a prime number.
Why do people act like he's some God?

would you agree?

https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-anarchist-abstractionist-who-was-alexander-grothendieck-cc396083d94e

>>11487854
get a load of this guy.

why do many consider him the best of the 20th century in math?

yet no one talks about him?

or at least the greatest of 20th century math

what did he do?

about Grothendieck. and why he is often considered the greatest mathematician of the 20th century?

i have tried to ask this question multiple times and no one really answered it seriously.

in mathematics?

>>10637041
>engineering
>helping humanity

agree or disagree?

B I G

i hear people say this guy was the best mathematician of the 20th century

but is he really?

`in history?

Alexander Grothendieck (/ˈɡroʊtəndiːk/; German: [ˈɡroːtn̩diːk]; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a stateless mathematician (naturalized French in 1971) who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.[6][7] His research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory and category theory to its foundations, while his so-called "relative" perspective led to revolutionary advances in many areas of pure mathematics.[6][8] He is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of the 20th century.[9]


i am brainlet tier when it comes to math

i mean who else is in the discussion? seriously?

in your opinion

>study math, second year of undergrad
>I'm surrounded by people who went to IMO or had comparable results in nationals
>it's like a giant neon sign that I will never contribute anything of value to my chosen field

I was always pretty good at math and had an interest in it but it hit me like a train just HOW MUCH SMARTER these people are than me. I was used to being at the top, I knew there were going to be people who are much smarter than me, but seeing them solve problems feels like there's this huge, mountain-sized, mechanical gap in intelligence between them and the rest, and it's soooo fucking disheartening.

Did anyone here have to deal with this? How did you cope? What the fuck do I do?

He was a chad.