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Re:Alexander Grothendieck: a forgotten genius– or a lonely m... by almostgotcaught on Saturday August 31, 2024 @11:31PM (#41414038)
Huge difference between stochastic (processes, ODEs, PDEs, etc) and category theory. One makes money every day and the other is only good for writing papers.
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Re:Alexander Grothendieck: a forgotten genius– or a lonely m... by karmakurtisaani on Sunday September 01, 2024 @06:56AM (#41415847)
Don't get me wrong, stochastic calculus is very useful for options pricing for example. Totally useless in the case I was describing.
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