nLab Carlos Contou-Carrere

C. Contou Carrère was a student of Alexander Grothendieck. His thesis is

• Géométrie des groupes réductifs, lieu singulier et résolutions équivariantes de leurs variétés de Schubert

Later he will develop the theory of relative Jacobians, this work is summarized in

• Jacobiennes généralisées globales relatives, Jacobienne locale d’une courbe formelle relative

a work for which Grothendieck had a deep admiration.

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