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John Forbes Nash Jr.

John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)

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When
Saturday, May 23 201511 years ago
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DeathA notable person who died on this day.
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21st century · 2010s
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John Forbes Nash Jr.

At a glance

Born 1928-06-13; died 2015-05-23.

Known as: mathematician, economist, and university teacher. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

John Forbes Nash Jr., 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. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations.

Early life

Educated at: Princeton University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Bluefield University.

Path and career

Worked with / for: Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and RAND Corporation.

Awards / honours: Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, John von Neumann Theory Prize, Abel Prize, and honorary doctor of the University of Athens.

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