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6 unusual facts about James Harris Simons


Chern–Simons form

The theory is named for Shiing-Shen Chern and James Harris Simons, co-authors of a 1974 paper entitled "Characteristic Forms and Geometric Invariants," from which the theory arose.

Chern–Simons theory

The Chern–Simons theory, named after Shiing-Shen Chern and James Harris Simons, is a 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory of Schwarz type, developed by Edward Witten.

In 1974 S. S. Chern and J. H. Simons had concretely constructed a (2k − 1)-form df(ω) such that

Elwyn Berlekamp

The fund has subsequently continued to realize annualized returns exceeding 30% under management by James Harris Simons and his Renaissance Technologies Corporation.

Enrico Giusti

One of the most famous results of Giusti, is the one obtained with Enrico Bombieri and Ennio De Giorgi, concerning the minimality of Simons' cones, and allowing to disprove the validity of Bernstein's theorem in dimension larger than 8.

Market timing

Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies Medallion Hedge Fund has consistently outperformed the market.



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