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Game Theory

The mathematics of strategic interaction. Von Neumann and Morgenstern (1944) founded it; Nash (1950) generalized equilibrium. Now essential to economics, political science, biology, and AI.

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John Nash concept

Nobel laureate (1994). Nash equilibrium — where no player can gain by unilaterally changing strategy — is the most fundamental solution concept in game theory. Defined in a one-page 1950 PNAS paper.