Why don't we see more references to Mandelbrot in this this forum? From a technical standpoint, I found his math is 100% correct, but he just didn'tcarry his analysis to the full solution. BS on the other hand is a very incorrect solution that lead to useless math (stochastic calc), which everyonein QF seems to have adopted.What's going on??

QuoteOriginally posted by: NWhy don't we see more references to Mandelbrot in this this forum? From a technical standpoint, I found his math is 100% correct, but he just didn'tcarry his analysis to the full solution. BS on the other hand is a very incorrect solution that lead to useless math (stochastic calc), which everyonein QF seems to have adopted.What's going on??what's going on is you didn't take that Bart tab of Acid that you promised you would have taken. The simplest answer is that Mandelbrot was a mathematician, and, as such, he could not win the Nobel. He could have won the Fields Medal, but that is neither here nor there. Why didn't Cliff Taubes win the Fields Medal? I would have voted for him....Secondly, a lot of areas could be of more use in finance...from my favorites...Riemannian Geometry, Lie Groups, Homogeneous Spaces, etc...to Cellular Automata, to Game Theory, to Linguistics, to FDAX theory...nevertheless, these fields are only sporadically used by some secretive traders and madmen like me...how's that, Acid Math Boy?

I don't think that he brought any of his ideas to maturity. That is the frustrating thing about the area. His ego has out paced his work. Take Feigenabaum. Atleast he went and got a company when the ideas started losing speed.

Talking about Cliff Taubes, his brother wrote (a couple of years ago) a book "Nobel Dreams" (or something like this) about why some people get the Nobel price. Besides, not everybody subscribes to the statement that Mandelbrot math is 100% correct. But he certainly had interesting ideas.

<blockquote>Quote<hr>not everybody subscribes to the statement that Mandelbrot math is 100% correct. <hr></blockquote>Newton shouldn't either. He has not married the ideas behind multi-fractality and spinor fields

QuoteWhy don't we see more references to Mandelbrot in this this forum? From a technical standpoint, I found his math is 100% correct, Also, how has anything that he has done recently translated into a trading strategy. All of his work now is that ultra-generalized pulp that flows from the minds of academics that think they have achieved greatness. Specifics graduate to "Why Markets Crash And The Life Cycle of The Skunk Ape" after a fruitless search for profit in attrators in financial data.

Newton shouldn't either. He has not married the ideas behind multi-fractality and spinor fields What... Nonius can even tie those two.after a fruitless search for profit in attrators in financial data. True, but he didn't have GammaPi did he?

elan,If you'd solved Langevin correctly, you too would see Mandelbrot was right...N

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nelan,If you'd solved Langevin correctly, you too would see Mandelbrot was right...NDude, I don't know what are you talking about

Dude, I don't know what are you talking aboutThen you better brushup on your stochastic differential geometry and take a second look.

QuoteOriginally posted by: N<i>Dude, I don't know what are you talking about</i>Then you better brushup on your stochastic differential geometry and take a second look.I am brushing up on my random gibberish generation

QuoteOriginally posted by: elan<blockquote>Quote<hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>N</b></i><i>Dude, I don't know what are you talking about</i>Then you better brushup on your stochastic differential geometry and take a second look.<hr></blockquote>I am brushing up on my random gibberish generationDude, just take a little trip to Amster, take a CandyFlip (acid mixed with E)...dance all night to repetitive electronic music while scantily clad chicks hone in on you....go to the red light district at 6AM to hone in on a scantily clad whore....pick up some blow while your at it...then go to an ING internet cafe and post a response at 8AM Sat...then, you will understand N AKA Newton's logic.

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nonius<blockquote>QuoteDude, just take a little trip to Amster, take a CandyFlip (acid mixed with E)...dance all night to repetitive electronic music while scantily clad chicks hone in on you....go to the red light district at 6AM to hone in on a scantily clad whore....pick up some blow while your at it...then go to an ING internet cafe and post a response at 8AM Sat...then, you will understand N AKA Newton's logic.Got you!

Only yo yo's in QF ever solve Langevin on SO(.) Know anything about math, junior?

QuoteOriginally posted by: NOnly yo yo's in QF ever solve Langevin on SO(.) Know anything about math, junior?Yes, Newton, that's right...everything will be all right...Just close your eyes......