Overheard at MSRI

[bxidntdrmer]

[referring to Hartshorne vs EGA]

"Why read a good book by a good mathematician when you can read a great book by a great mathematician?"

Comments

[easwaran]

That's what I hear about that comparison.

Is EGA actually commercially available in English, or do you have to be in the know to get a photocopied mimeograph of someone's handwritten notes in French?

[bxidntdrmer]

I don't think its commercially available.

Some of it is on Leila's web page:
http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/mathtexts.php

so I believe the correct answer is `in the know'