Albert W. Tucker

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game theorist human mathematician topologist university teacher

Albert W. Tucker was a Canadian-born American mathematician best known for his influential work in game theory and topology, including formulating the Prisoner’s Dilemma and mentoring John Nash.

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instanceOf game theorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
topologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ
Leroy P. Steele Prize ⓘ
coAuthor Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
William Karush ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-11-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-01-25 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Tucker ⓘ
fieldOfWork combinatorics ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
linear programming ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
knownFor Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions ⓘ
Tucker’s lemma ⓘ
contributions to game theory ⓘ
contributions to topology ⓘ
formulation and popularization of the Prisoner’s Dilemma ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Mathematical Society ⓘ
Mathematical Association of America ⓘ
notableStudent David Gale ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
surface form: John Forbes Nash Jr.

Stephen Smale ⓘ
notableWork Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions ⓘ
surface form: Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions in nonlinear programming

Tucker’s lemma ⓘ
formalization of the Prisoner’s Dilemma ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University ⓘ
president of the American Mathematical Society ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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John Nash → doctoralAdvisor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Tucker’s lemma → namedAfter → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions → namedAfter → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn → doctoralAdvisor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn → coAuthor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn → coAuthor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
this entity surface form: A. W. Tucker
Harold W. Kuhn → influencedBy → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Tucker → hasNotableBearer → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
KKT conditions → namedAfter → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
Karush → namedAfter → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
subject surface form: Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions
“Extensive Games and the Problem of Information” → editor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
subject surface form: Extensive Games and the Problem of Information
“Contributions to the Theory of Games” (editor) → editor → Albert W. Tucker ⓘ
subject surface form: Contributions to the Theory of Games
this entity surface form: A. W. Tucker