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Also Known As John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Born June 13, 1928 • Bluefield • West Virginia
Died May 23, 2015 (aged 86) • New Jersey
Awards And Honors Abel Prize (2015) • Nobel Prize (1994)
Subjects Of Study Nash equilibrium • game theory

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