Where can you find Grothendieck's "Récoltes et Semailles"?

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Where can you find Grothendieck's "Récoltes et Semailles"? Is it available anywhere?

It used to be avaliable at the web page of the grothendieck-circle http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/grothendieckcircle/mathtexts.php but as you can read there "Grothendieck's writings no longer available as per his demand" and actually the fate of the web site itself is uncertain.... I am also certain that a simple google search will find a copy still avaliable on-line... — Valerio Talamanca, Jan 15 '11 at 12:38
It also used to be available at http://acm.math.spbu.ru/RS/ But isn't this a question whose answer Google knows better at any moment than MO? — Romeo, Jan 15 '11 at 14:51
@Romeo: Indeed, it's offtopic. Therefore I've voted to close. — Martin Brandenburg, Jan 15 '11 at 15:17

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '24 at 19:53

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I've just finished translating all of Récoltes et Semailles into English and it will be published by MIT Press in 2025.

answered Mar 04 '24 at 19:53

Leila Schneps

Thank you ..... ! – Steven Landsburg Mar 04 '24 at 20:44
Wow, thanks! This is an immense effort, and one I've hoped would happen one day. – David Roberts Mar 05 '24 at 02:28

Héhéhé · Answer 2 · 2021-09-13T04:39:57.527

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Gallimard (a french book publisher) is going to publish it (in french), the release date is 11-11-2021). For more information: http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Tel/Recoltes-et-Semailles-I-II

EDIT: at this point, we do not know if parts will be edited or even censored (for instance there are some personal attacks in the original version).

edited Sep 13 '21 at 04:39

answered Sep 13 '21 at 02:17

Héhéhé

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 02 '22 at 15:39

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Update: Récoltes et Semailles has just been published in two volumes by Gallimard.

answered Feb 02 '22 at 15:39

Francesco Polizzi

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '21 at 18:58

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Here is a link with scans [link], an ongoing transcription [pdf], and translation to spanish [pdf] (almost finished)

answered Sep 12 '21 at 18:58

Carlo Beenakker · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-12T20:10:32.613

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archived at the Wayback Machine

edited Sep 12 '21 at 20:10

answered Jan 15 '11 at 12:42

Carlo Beenakker

@Carlo: Rhooo... :-) – Did Jan 15 '11 at 12:50
So this means that this site hosts Grothendiecks text without his permission? – Martin Brandenburg Jan 15 '11 at 15:16
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They removed the links from the webpage but apparently most files are still online, look for instance http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/grothendieckcircle/pubtexts.php and http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/grothendieckcircle/unpubtexts.php. – Lorenzo Jan 19 '11 at 08:28
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Note that the situation around permission has changed since AG passed away. – David Roberts Jun 27 '17 at 08:47

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 08:16

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Here is a link on the interplanetary file system which should be much more robust: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmaWmdeyPX4dA8dHVhNN2qRtVLWqKTTVMHgHufZMUJut3F

answered Jun 27 '17 at 08:16

Mmmh mmh

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 13 '22 at 08:37

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Mateo Carmona freshly transcribed and edited a new version, available as a 1500-page pdf at https://agrothendieck.github.io/divers/ReS.pdf and it looks very nicely done.

answered Sep 13 '22 at 08:37

David Roberts

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