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Grothendieck, who passed away on November 13, 2014, left a huge amount (around 20.000 sheets) of personal notes in the University of Montpellier that he thought he was the only one to be able to decipher. I heard that this intellectual treasure has been stored even though Grothendieck did not want anyone to publish any of his works.

My question is therefore: has someone begun to examine these notes?

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    $\begingroup$ I think Pierre Cartier must know. It is said in Wikipedia that "Over 20,000 pages of Grothendieck's mathematical and other writings, held at the University of Montpellier, remain unpublished[36] .They are now being digitized for preservation and will probably be made available to the mathematical community[37]". Ref.36 is : (French) Le trésor oublié du génie des maths. Ref.37 is : (French) Les «gribouillis» d'Alexandre Grothendieck enfin sauvegardés . The two ref. are on line. May be you know all of this. $\endgroup$
    – Al-Amrani
    Commented Feb 13, 2016 at 15:57
  • $\begingroup$ Possibly related: mathoverflow.net/questions/282871 $\endgroup$
    – Watson
    Commented Oct 7, 2017 at 8:42
  • $\begingroup$ The archives had been used in iaz.uni-stuttgart.de/LstAlg/Kuenzer/Kuenzer/sinh.html (as part of references to Hoàng Xuân Sính's work) and it was transcribed a letter to Deligne. $\endgroup$
    – user125393
    Commented Jun 23, 2018 at 21:01
  • $\begingroup$ You can see here : agrothendieck.github.io $\endgroup$
    – user234212323
    Commented Feb 10, 2022 at 14:45

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You could keep an eye on the Quaderni del Centro di Studi Grothendieckiani, a biennial refereed journal dedicated to exploring Alexander Grothendieck's mathematical and intellectual legacy. The first volume of this journal will focus on Grothendieck’s manuscripts, including those housed at the Université de Montpellier and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. This initiative may provide insights into whether his personal notes are being examined and how they are contributing to ongoing research.

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Apparently 18,000 pages of Grothendieck's notes are going to be released on May 10, 2017 at 4:30 pm on the site of the University of Montpellier. I get this information from the following article: http://www.liberation.fr/sciences/2017/05/05/les-notes-du-mathematicien-alexandre-grothendieck-arrivent-sur-le-net_1567517

...and here is a link to the Université de Montpellier site where 18,000 of Grothendieck's notes are now posted!

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    $\begingroup$ Yes, I read this yesterday. Thank you anyway. $\endgroup$
    – Sylvain JULIEN
    Commented May 6, 2017 at 11:40
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    $\begingroup$ I can't help but I need to say this. I'm overwhelmed. It looks like the big math treasure chest. It is like looking over the genius shoulder... $\endgroup$
    – Leo Alonso
    Commented May 10, 2017 at 16:20
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Here is a book (in French) where it is explained in detail how all of Grothendieck's private manuscripts were transported to Paris in November 2015, and saved there in a secure library:

Philippe Douroux, Alexandre Grothendieck- Sur les traces du dernier génie des mathématiques.

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  • $\begingroup$ It seems that Grothendieck's children want to be the first owners of all of their father's manuscripts . What's for ? That's the question ! $\endgroup$
    – Al-Amrani
    Commented May 21, 2016 at 20:32
  • $\begingroup$ Weeks ago, the same author above, Ph. Douroux, published a long article in Le Monde 6/5/19 (french important news paper ) about Grothendieck's manuscripts (legacy). He is asking : What is the price ? 45 000 ? Who is the owner ? Grothendieck's five children ? The BNF (national french library) ? The question seems to be still unresolved . $\endgroup$
    – Al-Amrani
    Commented Jun 6, 2019 at 9:59

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