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gptkb:human
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometry
Math for America prize
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1938-04-25
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Newton,_Massachusetts,_United_States
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gptkbp:boardMemberOf
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gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Rockefeller_University
gptkb:Stony_Brook_Foundation
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gptkbp:causeOfDeath
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heart attack
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:diedIn
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2024-05-10
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Bertram_Kostant
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gptkbp:doctoralStudent
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gptkb:Jonathan_Rosenberg
gptkb:Nigel_Hitchin
gptkb:Jeff_Cheeger
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Stony_Brook_University
gptkb:Institute_for_Defense_Analyses
gptkb:Renaissance_Technologies
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:mathematics
finance
philanthropy
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:Renaissance_Technologies
gptkb:Simons_Foundation
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:James_Harris_Simons
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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James Simons
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Simons_Foundation
founder of Renaissance Technologies
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:netWorth
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over $20 billion
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gptkbp:notablePublication
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gptkb:Chern–Simons_Invariants_in_Mathematics_and_Physics
Characteristic Forms and Geometric Invariants
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:Jonathan_Rosenberg
gptkb:Nigel_Hitchin
gptkb:Jeff_Cheeger
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Chern–Simons_theory
gptkb:Chern–Simons_form
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:hedge_fund
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:philanthropist
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gptkbp:philanthropy
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mathematics education
basic science research
autism research
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Judaism
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:East_Setauket,_New_York
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gptkbp:retired
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2010
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gptkbp:signature
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James Simons signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Marilyn_Simons
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Zeta_Beta_Tau
gptkb:Renaissance_Technologies
gptkb:Shiing-Shen_Chern
gptkb:Marilyn_Simons
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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