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| − | '''John Forbes Nash''' (b. 1928) had insights into a branch of mathematics known as [[ | + | '''John Forbes Nash''' (b. 1928) had insights into a branch of mathematics known as [[game theory]]. His chief contribution, which he humbly described as his "most trivial," was the [[Nash equilibrium]] that won for him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.<ref>http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/nash.htm</ref> |
His career was popularized by the book by Sylvia Nasar entitled ''A Beautiful Mind'', and by the movie of the same name. | His career was popularized by the book by Sylvia Nasar entitled ''A Beautiful Mind'', and by the movie of the same name. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Autobiography] at the [[Nobel Prize]] website | |
| − | + | *[http://www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ John Nash's personal page at Princeton] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/Non-Cooperative_Games_Nash.pdf John Nash's doctorial dissertation] | |
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[[Category:Nobel laureates in Economics]] | [[Category:Nobel laureates in Economics]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:32, September 21, 2008
John Forbes Nash (b. 1928) had insights into a branch of mathematics known as game theory. His chief contribution, which he humbly described as his "most trivial," was the Nash equilibrium that won for him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.[1]
His career was popularized by the book by Sylvia Nasar entitled A Beautiful Mind, and by the movie of the same name.