Alexander Grothendieck’s mathematical ‘genealogy’


1 Alexander Grothendieck

(née “ Alexander Raddatz ” in Berlin, Germany; French adopted name: Alexandre Grothendieck, with the last name being his mother’s maiden name.)

1.1 Mathematical ‘Genealogy’

Ph.D. Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1
Dissertation: “Produits tensoriels topologiques et éspaces nucléaires.”
Mathematics Subject Classification: 14 = Algebraic GeometryMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath
Advisor No. 1: Laurent Schwartz
Advisor No. 2: Jean Dieudonné

1.2 Alexander Grothendieck’s Students’ List:

(incomplete)
Name— School— Year — ——–Descendants—–
Pierre Berthelot 1
Carlos Contou-Carrare UniversitḾontpellier II 1983 2
Pierre Deligne Université Libre de Bruxelles 1968 62
Michel Demazure Université de Paris 1965 15
Luc Illusie 1971 22
Yves Ladegaillerie Université Montpellier II 1976
William Messing Princeton University 1971 5
Michel Raynaud 7
Hoang Sinh Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII 1975
Jean-Louis Verdier 1967 28

Alexander Grothendieck’s Doctoral Advisor No.1–Laurent Schwartz:
A Concise Biography and ‘Genealogy’:

Ph.D. Université Louis Pasteur– Strasbourg I 1943
Dissertation: “Sommes de Fonctions Exponentielles Réelles”
Advisor: Georges Valiron

1.3 Student(s):

Table
Name— School— Year——– Descendants

Bernard Beauzamy Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII 1976 25
Louis Boutet de Monvel 34
Georges Glaeser Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 1957 3
Alexander Grothendieck Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 152
Jacques-Louis Lions Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 1954 1,202
Bernard Malgrange Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1 1955 21
André Martineau 37
Bernard Maurey Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII 1973 4
M. Narasimhan
Gilles Pisier Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII 1977 23
Erik Thomas 14
J. François Treves Université Paris IV-Sorbonne 34
Andre Unterberger Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII 1
Ali Ustunel Université Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie 1981 4

Note: According to the on-line databases, Laurent Schwartz has 14 students and 1,544 descendants.

Laurent Schwartz

(1915 - 2002)

List of References (5 books/articles)

Honours awarded to Laurent Schwartz

Speaker at International Congress 1950
Fields Medal 1950
British Mathematical Colloquium plenary speaker 1954 .

References for Laurent Schwartz
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Obituary in The Times [available on the Web]

1.4 Articles:

H. Bohr, The work of L. Schwartz, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Harvard, 1950 (Providence, RI, 1952).
B. L. Malgrange, Schwartz et la théorie des distributions, in Colloquium in honor of Laurent Schwartz 1 (Palaiseau, 1983), Astérisque No. 131 (1985), 25-33.
L. Schwartz, Notice sur les travaux scientifiques de Laurent Schwartz, in Mathematical analysis and applications A (New York-London, 1981), 1-25.
L. Schwartz, Calcul infinitésimal stochastique, in Analyse Mathématique et Applications (1988).

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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