Vic Norton's Home Page

 [Vic Norton] Everything I do gohn be funky from now on.
– Lee Dorsey, 1969

My epitaph.pdf (18 KB)
Victor Thane Norton, Jr.
Mathematician and Motorcyclist
Bowling Green, Ohio

http://vic.norton.name

Interests
  • Motorcycling
    I raced motorcycles years ago. I've taken them up again in my old age. They are still a lot of fun!

    [vic on ST1100]
    At Friends of Freddies


  • Finance-Mathematics
    My expositions "Sharpe-Optimal SPDR Portfolios", "How to beat the market and sleep well at night", and "The Geometry of Risk and Reward" appear here; also notes on average cost and rate of return computations.

  • Bowling Green State University
    I spent many good years in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at BGSU. [BGSU seal]

  • Riverside, CT
    Where I grew up and who I grew up with.
  • I graduated from Yale in 1957. I created and continue to maintain a class directory on our class web site. I drew this bulldog to make various announcements, but he was never used for that.

    [bulldog]
    A bulldog's lament

    Our 50th class reunion was held in June 2007. Here is my profile and essay for the reunion book.
    VTN_Yale_57-07.pdf (817 KB)

  • The Mpeg Dilemma
    You can't represent an audio player with valid HTML 4 code, but here's how to do it with javascript.

Last updated: 21-Feb-09
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