Researcher shares his favorite Grothendieck biography quote on never doubting success
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-10-07
Researcher Aran Nayebi shares how Grothendieck blew him away at 18, citing his favorite line from the mathematician's biography: "I never once doubted that I would eventually succeed in getting to the bottom of things."
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