"Alexander Grothendieck (/ˈɡroʊtəndiːk/; German: [ˈɡroːtn̩diːk]; French: [ɡʁɔtɛndik]; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a German-born French mathematician 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]"
was he really the king of 20th century math?
Caleb Anderson
57
Camden Mitchell
Yeah. I in particular enjoy this anecdote of his:
I remember once going to see him when he was ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 57 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavorable omen. "No," he replied, "it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest prime number expressible as the product of two primes."
Jeremiah Ward
lmao, thirty years seclusion, 10000 pages of original math, and he's never going to live this down.
Chase Gomez
this meme is DANK
Oliver Evans
GOAT meme for GOATendieck
Owen Reed
ramanujan BTFO
John Cook
If there was any post on this board that deserved a (You), it would be yours good sir
David Jones
v nice meme
Leo Watson
He failed a university entrance exam, questions related to astronomy if I remember correctly.
