Timeline for Schemes and meaning of "geometric intuition"
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| Nov 9, 2015 at 16:11 | comment | added | Samantha Y | From The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski (pg 109): "In support of his view of Zariski as a geometer for whom modern algebra could provide, at best, only a "temporary accommodation," Weil recalled a well-known anecdote about a conversation at a party between Zariski and Claude Chevalley [...]. The two men were discussing algebra versus geometry in algebraic geometry when at long last, exasperated, Zariski exclaimed, "But when someone says 'an algebraic curve,' surely you see something!" "Yes, of course," Chevalley quietly replied. "I see this: $f(x,y)=0$." | |
| Jan 20, 2012 at 8:49 | comment | added | Mariano Suárez-Álvarez | People voting this answer should leave their names, so we can later study them in detail... | |
| Jan 20, 2012 at 8:11 | history | answered | S. Carnahan♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |