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Re:Alexander Grothendieck: a forgotten genius– or a lonely m... by catgary on Saturday August 31, 2024 @01:34PM (#41410409)
I think the point was they (probably) used the abstract math to prove some desirable properties about the trading strategy?
Re:Alexander Grothendieck: a forgotten genius– or a lonely m... by karmakurtisaani on Saturday August 31, 2024 @01:56PM (#41410548)
Yes, it was something like that. But "desirable" here means something very different for mathematicians and traders actually applying the strategy (I.e., they don't care at all, and neither does anyone else working in finance).