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John Forbes Nash

Scientist · born June 13, 1928 · died 2015

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John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.

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  1. ~66Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1994
  2. ~87Received the Abel Prize2015

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