blake shaw 🇵🇸If #Grothendieck were a programmer he would have been a #lisp hacker. His advice to construct simplified theories to interpret the problem at hand has deep #nanopass and #LanguageOrientedProgramming vibes.
the roamerThat is an amusing and appealing analogy!
There's a sympathetic biographical piece about Grothendieck in today's Guardian:
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Thoughtful and moving piece about the later life of the great mathematician Alexander Grothendieck. A complex and troubled life, empathetically and intelligently reconstructed by writer Phil Hoad. We meet Grothendieck's family and fellow mathematiciens. Deeply insightful. I usually enjoy the "long read" articles you sometimes find in the weekend papers. This is Long Read at its best. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/31/alexander-grothendieck-huawei-ai-artificial-intelligence?CMP=share_btn_url #AlexanderGrothendieck #mathematicians #mathematics #biographies #PhilHoad