Tuesday, December 09, 2014

The Father of Motives





















With the passing of Alexander Grothendieck, there is much discussion comparing him to Einstein in the mathematics world.  I think it would be more fitting to compare him to Riemann, whose differential geometry made General Relativity possible.  Of course, this is meant in a future tense as it is extremely likely Grothendieck's Motives will play a central role in the nonperturbative completion of M-theory.


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