Leonard E. Baum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American mathematician
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1931
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 14-Aug-2017
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Leonard E. Baum
- Leonard Esau Baum (August 23, 1931 – August 14, 2017) was an American mathematician, known for the Baum–Welch algorithm.
- He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1953, and earned a Ph.D.
- in mathematics from Harvard in 1958, with a dissertation entitled Derivations in Commutative Semi-Simple Banach Algebras.
- At the time he wrote his work with Welch, he was working for the Institute for Defense Analyses in Princeton, New Jersey.
- Later, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Baum used mathematical models for currency trading, working with Monemetrics, a predecessor of hedge fund management company Renaissance Technologies.
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