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John Nash Jr., a legendary fixture of Princeton University’s Department of Mathematics renowned for his breakthrough work in mathematics and game theory as well as for his struggle with mental illness, died with his wife, Alicia, in an automobile accident May 23 in Monroe Township, New Jersey. He was 86, she was 82.
He was a veteran of WW1 and had served in France as a lieutenant in the supply services and consequently had not been in actual front lines combat in the war. He was originally from Texas and had obtained his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical (Texas A. and M.).
May 24, 2015 · John F. Nash Jr., a mathematician who shared a Nobel in 1994 for work that greatly extended the reach and power of modern economic theory and whose long descent into severe mental illness and...
Nov 16, 2023 · American mathematician John F. Nash, Jr. was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics for his landmark work on the mathematics of game theory.
May 23, 2015 · John F. Nash is the only person who has been awarded both the Economic Sciences Prize and the Abel Prize. He received the Economic Sciences Prize for his work in game theory, more specifically the Nash equilibrium theory.
Jun 24, 2015 · John Forbes Nash, an exalted mathematician whose life took dramatic turns between genius, mental illness and celebrity status, made major contributions to game theory, geometry and the...
John Forbes Nash Jr (1928-2015) was United States mathematician, known for his contributions to game theory, differential geometry and the study of partial differential equations. Between 1945 and 1996, he published 23 scientific studies.
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