tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110944357754911189..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: LTCM (and the *real* smart guys)Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20140454562042856302007-02-18T15:19:00.000-05:002007-02-18T15:19:00.000-05:00I still don't have a particular reference for you,...I still don't have a particular reference for you, but the most "physical" application of Chern-Simons is probably to gauge theory in 2+1 dims, where you can add a topological C-S term to the theory. I think people like Witten and Wilczek even tried to apply this to high-T_c superconductors (which are kind of planar, so might be effectively a 2+1 dim system) back in the late 80s or early 90s. I'mSteve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2860853452415161762007-02-18T15:11:00.000-05:002007-02-18T15:11:00.000-05:00I am the anonymous post-er that requested info on ...I am the anonymous post-er that requested info on chern simons above. I'm actually a physicist (grad student) but don't know any string theory. Do you know of an introductory paper to chern simons "physics" on the arxiv somewhere perhaps? Please don't go to any trouble, I was just wondering if you knew of one off-hand. It would just be interesting to know if this is useful to physics in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27566276127616524302007-02-15T18:47:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:47:00.000-05:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern-Simons_theoryTh...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chern-Simons_theory<BR/><BR/>This isn't entirely accesible to the non-specialist, but it gives the general flavor. Unfortunately this is a pretty specialized topic, so I don't know of *anything* written for non-physicists about Chern-Simons theory...Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35925155829687721552007-02-15T18:44:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:44:00.000-05:00Steve, I was wondering if you could recommend an a...Steve, I was wondering if you could recommend an article that describes, simply, how the Chern Simons form is useful to physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1109629234123738312005-02-28T17:20:00.000-05:002005-02-28T17:20:00.000-05:00Hmm.. the date 1988 I just looked up. As I underst...Hmm.. the date 1988 I just looked up. As I understand (these things can be closely guarded secrets), they may have been in the $4B size range for some time, but got a lot bigger in recent years like many other funds.<br /><br />Also, most teams manage multiple funds (e.g., LCTM I, II, etc.), so to get total funds under mgmt you have to aggregate.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1109611767791803392005-02-28T12:29:00.000-05:002005-02-28T12:29:00.000-05:00Re Renaissance Technologies: 4 billion under manag...Re Renaissance Technologies: 4 billion under management, founded 1982.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1109599557918246372005-02-28T09:05:00.000-05:002005-02-28T09:05:00.000-05:00Steve,
A lot for me to digest in the couple of po...Steve,<br /><br />A lot for me to digest in the couple of posts on the subject!<br /><br />Anyway, a bonus of this blog is I get useful information on what some smart people who did phys/math are now up to :e.g., now I know what the S of CS is up to :)<br /><br /><br />MFA<br /><br />BTW, I had a look at Klienert's book. I did not see has the closed-form solution for the Asian options you had Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1109551266695113452005-02-27T19:41:00.000-05:002005-02-27T19:41:00.000-05:00Important aside:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/2...Important aside:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/opinion/27sun1.html?pagewanted=all&position= <br /><br />Thousands Died in Africa Yesterday <br /><br />When a once-in-a-century natural disaster swept away the lives of more than 100,000 poor Asians last December, the developed world opened its hearts and its checkbooks. Yet when it comes to Africa, where hundreds of thousands of poorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1109545897714271532005-02-27T18:11:00.000-05:002005-02-27T18:11:00.000-05:00Now I am continually singing praises of model buil...Now I am continually singing praises of model builders.<br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com