On: Homage to Alexander Grothendieck

[uptownfunk]

He is one of those for whom I wish I had enough time to understand his ideas.

[enriquto → uptownfunk]

You do not need to understand all his ideas, just one or two to begin with.

[ykonstant → enriquto]

I would suggest the relative viewpoint to geometry as one: is a beautiful concept and not too hard to understand at a rudimentary level. It also provided the springboard for Grothendieck's developments of topoi.

[aleph_minus_one → ykonstant]

> I would suggest the relative viewpoint to geometry as one: is a beautiful concept and not too hard to understand at a rudimentary level.

See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grothendieck%27s_relative_poin...