From <nowiki>[</nowiki>Grothendieck<nowiki>]</nowiki> and his example, I have also learned not to take glory in the difficulty of a proof: difficulty… - Pierre Deligne

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From <nowiki>[</nowiki>Grothendieck<nowiki>]</nowiki> and his example, I have also learned not to take glory in the difficulty of a proof: difficulty means we have not understood. The ideal is to be able to paint a landscape in which the proof is obvious.

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About Pierre Deligne

Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician, and academic at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey. He is known for work on the , leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 1978 , 2008 , and the 2013 .

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Alternative Names: Pierre Rene Deligne
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