Alexander Grothendieck Quotes

The introduction of the cipher 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps.

Alexander Grothendieck

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• The introduction of the cipher 0 or the group concept was general nonsense too, and mathematics was more or less stagnating for thousands of years because nobody was around to take such childish steps.

  

  Alexander Grothendieck
  • Mathematics
  • Introduction
  • Childish