Albert W. Tucker
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Death | 30 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 28,1905 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Oshawa |
| Canada | |
| Date of died | January 25,1995 |
| Died | Hightstown |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Prisoner's dilemma |
| Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions | |
| Oriented matroid | |
| Prisoner's dilemma; Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions; Combinatorial linear algebra | |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Education | University of Toronto - St. George Campus |
| Princeton University | |
| University of Toronto | |
| Books | Linear Programs & Related Problems: A Volume in the Computer Science and Scientific Computing Series |
| Constructive Linear Algebra | |
| Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize |
| Field | Combinatorial topology |
| Optimization | |
| Children | Alan Tucker |
| Thomas W. Tucker | |
| Academic advisor | Solomon Lefschetz |
| Influencees | Harold W. Kuhn |
| David Gale | |
| R. Tyrrell Rockafellar | |
| Vincent Crawford | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 583269 |
Albert W. Tucker Life story
Albert William Tucker was a Canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology, game theory, and non-linear programming.