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Schemes are mathematical objects in algebraic geometry that originated with Alexander Grothendieck in the mid-20th century.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“And one of them actually is to formalize a mathematical object called schemes, which is an algebraic geometry. It, uh, comes from Alexander Grothendieck in the mid-20th century.”37:26Report a misattribution
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