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John Forbes Nash, Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
Learn about the life and achievements of John F. Nash Jr., the mathematician who developed the theory of non-cooperative games and won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994. Read his biographical sketch, from his birth in West Virginia to his academic career at Princeton, Carnegie, and M.I.T.
Jun 9, 2024 · John Forbes Nash, Jr. Born: June 13, 1928, Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. Died: May 23, 2015, near Monroe Township, New Jersey (aged 86) Awards And Honors: Abel Prize (2015) Nobel Prize (1994) Subjects Of Study: Nash equilibrium. game theory.
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2015. 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.
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 Jr. was an American mathematician who won the Nobel Prize for his work on non-cooperative games and the Nash equilibrium. He also suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and died in a car accident with his wife in 2015.
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