Albert W. Tucker
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.
Albert W. Tucker | |
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| Born | Albert William Tucker 28 November 1905 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 25 January 1995 (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) |
| Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz |
| Doctoral students | David Gale John R. Isbell Marvin Minsky John Forbes Nash Torrence Parsons Lloyd Shapley |
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