John F. Nash Jr.

John F. Nash Jr.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1994

Princeton University

“for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games”

John F. Nash Jr. was an American mathematician. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994, together with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten, for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games. He is known for the Nash equilibrium concept.

Field
Business & Economics · Game Theory
Lifespan
1928–2015