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Glossary of game theory terms.

von Neumann, John

John von Neumann
Coauthor of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with Oskar Morgenstern, widely recognized as the first formal treatment of game theory. The concepts were later generalized by John Nash.

"If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is." -JvN

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