15.05.2024, 14:00 - 16 00
– Campus Golm, Building 9, Room 2.22 and via Zoom
Institutskolloquium
Colloquium with Karen Strung (Prag) and Sven Raum (Potsdam)
Karen Strung (Prag), Sven Raum (Potsdam)
Winfried Scharlau (Universität Münster), Leila Schneps (Université Paris VII)
Abstracts:
Winfried Scharlau (Universität Münster): Alexander Grothendieck - A stranger in our world
In this talk I will show many photos and describe the most unusual life of Alexander Grothendieck, one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century.
Leila Schneps (Université Paris VII): Alexander Grothendieck: mathematician, activist, writer
I will give a survey of Grothendieck's career, covering his main mathematical contributions, his significant activity in the area of ecological activism and finally, his remarkable unpublished writings.