Albert William Tucker

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Canadian mathematician human mathematician

Albert William Tucker was a Canadian mathematician best known for his contributions to game theory and topology, including work related to the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

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Albert William Tucker canonical 2

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instanceOf Canadian mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ
Leroy P. Steele Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
doctoralStudent David Gale ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
Lloyd Shapley ⓘ
Marvin Minsky ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Tucker ⓘ
fieldOfWork combinatorics ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
linear programming ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
influenced development of modern game theory ⓘ
influencedBy Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
knownFor Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions ⓘ
surface form: Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions (naming and dissemination)

Tucker’s lemma ⓘ
contributions to game theory ⓘ
work in topology ⓘ
work on the Prisoner’s Dilemma ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Mathematical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableStudent David Gale ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
Lloyd Shapley ⓘ
Marvin Minsky ⓘ
notableWork Prisoner’s Dilemma (formalization and popularization) ⓘ
occupation researcher in mathematics ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
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 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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Tucker → fullName → Albert William Tucker ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert W. Tucker
“Contributions to the Theory of Games” (editor) → editor → Albert William Tucker ⓘ
subject surface form: Contributions to the Theory of Games