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The mathematician who cracked Wall Street

Jim Simons · TED

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About

Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED's Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2015
Speaker
Jim Simons
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Physics, Biology
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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