Alexandre Grothendieck was very different from Weil in the way he approached mathematics: Grothendieck was not just a mathematician who could understand the discipline and prove important results-he was a man who could create mathematics. And he did it alone. (André Weil)

Alexandre Grothendieck was very different from Weil in the way he approached mathematics: Grothendieck was not just a mathematician who could understand the discipline and prove important results-he was a man who could create mathematics. And he did it alone.

André Weil

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