Cartier, Pierre G for Grothendieck. The mathematical intelligence, the approach to the world, the behaviour of a genius who broke every rule. (English) Zbl 1435.01023 Lett. Mat., Int. Ed. 5, No. 2, 113-118 (2017). Summary: A personal recollection of the turbulent life and the main mathematical achievements of the great French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck. MSC: 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies Keywords:algebraic geometry; sheaf theory; IHÉS Biographic References: Grothendieck, Alexander PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{P. Cartier}, Lett. Mat., Int. Ed. 5, No. 2, 113--118 (2017; Zbl 1435.01023) Full Text: DOI References: [1] Cartier, P.; Cartier, P. (ed.); Charraud, N. (ed.), Un pays dont on ne connaîtrait que le nom (Grothendieck et les motifs) (2004), Paris [2] Grothendieck, A.: Récoltes et Semailles: réflexions et témoignages sur un passé de mathématicien (1985) (Unpublished) [3] Grothendieck, A.; Lochak, P. (ed.); Schneps, L. (ed.), Esquisse d’un programme (1984), 243-283 (1997), Cambridge [4] Grothendieck, A.: La longue marche à travers la théorie de Galois: transcription d’un manuscrit inédit, vol 1. In: Malgoire, J. (ed) Département des Sciences Mathématiques, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier (1995) · Zbl 0960.14011 This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.