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Nash, Non-Cooperative Games (1951)

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Nash's paper proving that every finite non cooperative game has at least one equilibrium point, using Kakutani's fixed point theorem, building on his 1950 PhD thesis of the same title.

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Author
John Nash
Publisher
Annals of Mathematics, vol. 54
Publication Year
1951
Source Type
Primary Text
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Reliability Tier
1
Sources
Nash, Non-Cooperative Games (1951)
John Nash, Annals of Mathematics, vol. 54, 1951
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Theorems, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Mathematicians, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.

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10

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Holds

3

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General References

2

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