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From: Frank A. Coluccio7/28/2009 12:42:26 PM
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Math-hattan

by Nick Paumgarten | New Yorker | August 3, 2009

For ten years, Glen Whitney, a mathematician, worked as an algorithm manager at the giant quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, on Long Island. He was the man—or one of many—in the so-called “black box.” During that time, Renaissance did extremely well, as did Whitney, and so when he left the firm, last year, he had the wherewithal to devote himself to his favorite shower-time epiphany—that what the world needs (if not most, then at least a lot) is a museum devoted to math.

Cont.: newyorker.com

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