Biography of prof john nash nobel
Biography of prof john nash nobel prize
Biography of prof john nash...
Nash, John Forbes, Jr.
(b. Bluefield, West Virginia, 13 June 1928)
game theory, Nash equilibrium, bargaining, differential geometry, Riemannian manifolds, nonlinear differential equations.
Nash won a Nobel Prize for formulating the idea of a Nash equilibrium and proving that such equilibria always exist in finite games.
He also founded modern bargaining theory and made substantial contributions in differential geometry. His unexpected recovery from a long-standing schizophrenic illness in time to be awarded his Nobel Prize made him something of a folk hero, celebrated in both a book on his life and an Oscar-winning movie.
The highs and lows of the life of John Nash are out of the range of experience of most human beings.
Biography of prof john nash nobel
As an undergraduate, he initiated the modern theory of rational bargaining. His graduate thesis formulated the idea of a Nash equilibrium, which is now regarded as the basic building block of the theory of games. He went on to solve major problems in pure m