What Is Game Theory? Strategy, Equilibrium, and Why People
Game theory is the mathematical study of strategic interaction. From the Prisoner's Dilemma to nuclear deterrence, this explainer covers Nash equilibria...
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Nash's schizophrenia began ~1958-1959, not immediately after his 1950 work
BeforeNash's proof - achieved while he was in his early twenties and suffering the onset of the schizophrenia that would dominate the next three decades of his life - earned him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, shared with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten.
AfterNash's proof - achieved while he was in his early twenties, roughly eight years before the onset of the schizophrenia that would dominate much of the rest of his life - earned him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, shared with John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten.
Why: Body/bibliography fix verified already applied; found and fixed the same stale fact still present in the FAQ (JSON-LD) field; re-verified after PUT.
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