John F. Nash Jr.: Game Theory Pioneer and Nobel Laureate

Discover the legacy of John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician behind the Nash Equilibrium and a key figure in game ...
Slate

Why Is the Nash Equilibrium So Important?

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Balaji Viswanathan, currently working on From Tryst to Tendulkar: The History of Independent India: Game theory is a study of strategies involved ...
The Economist

Nash's Nobel prize

Game theory is now part of almost every economist's tool-kit, as this week's Nobel economics prize recognises IT SOUNDS like a sports fan's dream. In Stockholm on October 11th, three men shared a $1m ...
Kellogg School of Management

More than just a game

4/22/2009 - Game theorists have studied the concept of Nash equilibrium since it was defined by mathematician and economist John Forbes Nash in 1950. But what is Nash equilibrium? And how does it fit ...
equities

Applying ‘Nash’s Equilibrium’ to M&A Negotiations

I first learned my craft on Wall Street in the 1980s, a very different era, characterized by the bravado of Gordon Gekko’s “Greed is Good” speech. During that period, I was taught that all ...
FiveThirtyEight

Why John Nash Matters

John F. Nash Jr. is widely known as the subject of the Oscar-winning film “A Beautiful Mind,” but his contributions to the advancement of human knowledge are far greater. Nash paved the way for game ...