Albert William Tucker

E413305

Albert William Tucker was a Canadian mathematician best known for his contributions to game theory and topology, including work related to the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Albert William Tucker canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived John von Neumann Theory Prize ⓘ
Leroy P. Steele Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
doctoralStudent David Gale ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
Lloyd Shapley ⓘ
Marvin Minsky ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Tucker ⓘ
fieldOfWork combinatorics ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
linear programming ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
influenced development of modern game theory ⓘ
influencedBy Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
knownFor Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions (naming and dissemination) ⓘ
Tucker’s lemma ⓘ
contributions to game theory ⓘ
work in topology ⓘ
work on the Prisoner’s Dilemma ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Mathematical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
notableStudent David Gale ⓘ
Harold W. Kuhn ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
Lloyd Shapley ⓘ
Marvin Minsky ⓘ
notableWork Prisoner’s Dilemma (formalization and popularization) ⓘ
occupation researcher in mathematics ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld chair of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert W. Tucker → fullName → Albert William Tucker ⓘ
subject linked to: Tucker
Contributions to the Theory of Games → editor → Albert William Tucker ⓘ