I'm not sure it's generally understood what a serious academic research mathematician he is/was. He taught at top programs, won awards - https://en.wikipedia.or

I'm not sure it's generally understood what a serious academic research mathematician he is/was. He taught at top programs, won awards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons_(mathematician)