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.

Aliases (1)

A. W. Tucker ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 Forbes Nash Jr. → Stephen Smale →
notableWork	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 of America →
positionHeld	chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University → president of the American Mathematical Society →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Princeton, New Jersey →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold W. Kuhn → Harold W. Kuhn ("A. W. Tucker") →	coAuthor
Harold W. Kuhn → John Nash →	doctoralAdvisor
Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions → Tucker’s lemma →	namedAfter
Tucker →	hasNotableBearer
Harold W. Kuhn →	influencedBy