Mathematician James Harris Simons, known for the classification of holonomy of 3D manifolds and his famous Chern-Simons form, passed away on May 10, 2024, in New York City, at age 86.
Despite his later cooperation with NSA to help US to invade Vietnam and entering financial business (which is notorious for redistributing wealth to enlarge economic inequality), his legacy in #mathematics and #physics still benefits our exploration in secrets of the universe.
