James Simons

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometry
Math for America prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-04-25
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gptkb:Rockefeller_University
gptkb:Stony_Brook_Foundation
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
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gptkbp:diedIn 2024-05-10
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gptkb:Nigel_Hitchin
gptkb:Jeff_Cheeger
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gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
finance
philanthropy
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gptkb:Simons_Foundation
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Harris_Simons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Simons
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Simons_Foundation
founder of Renaissance Technologies
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gptkbp:netWorth over $20 billion
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Characteristic Forms and Geometric Invariants
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gptkb:Chern–Simons_form
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gptkb:philanthropist
gptkbp:philanthropy mathematics education
basic science research
autism research
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:East_Setauket,_New_York
gptkbp:retired 2010
gptkbp:signature James Simons signature.svg
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