Albert W. Tucker
Canadian mathematician (1905–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert William Tucker (28 November 1905 – 25 January 1995) was a Canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology, game theory, and non-linear programming.[2]
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Albert W. Tucker | |
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Born | Albert William Tucker (1905-11-28)28 November 1905 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 25 January 1995(1995-01-25) (aged 89) Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality | Canadian American |
Alma mater | University of Toronto (BA, MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Known for | Prisoner's dilemma Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions Combinatorial linear algebra |
Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (1980) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician: Combinatorial topology Optimization |
Institutions | Princeton University |
Thesis | An Abstract Approach to Manifolds (1932[1]) |
Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz[1] |
Doctoral students | David Gale John R. Isbell Marvin Minsky John Forbes Nash Torrence Parsons Lloyd Shapley |
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