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John Nash RIP

GELDYGELDY
edited May 2015 in Poker Chat
father of the Nash equilibrium
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  • SlipwaterSlipwater
    edited May 2015
    A terrible way to go as well - peace out, sir.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2015

    A dreadful tragedy, in which his wife was also killed.

    A man not afraid to plough his own furrow, and think different to the herd.

    Never spoke, wrote or thought ill of others, either, an admirable but rare trait.

    RIP Mr Nash.

    "A beautiful mind".
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  • bartonironbartoniron
    edited May 2015
    I take it he was killed on his way home from a tourney at his local casino to explain why this thread ia on POKER CHAT !!!!
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited May 2015
    In Response to Re: John Nash RIP:
    I take it he was killed on his way home from a tourney at his local casino to explain why this thread ia on POKER CHAT !!!!
    Posted by bartoniron
    Incorrect.

    It is in Poker Chat because, more than almost anyone I can think of, he articulated Game Theory & how it can be successfully applied to Poker. That is his claim to fame, & very considerable fame, in the world of poker. 

    His body of work is known as "Nash Equilibrium"

    I would suspect that all knowledgeable poker players would respect Mr Nash's work.

    He was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work. 

    An intellectual giant of a man, who suffered badly with mental illness in his later years. 

    He & his wife were killed in a car crash.
     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash,_Jr.


     
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  • bartonironbartoniron
    edited May 2015
    And even more knowledgable ones would recognise that von Neumann was the mathemetician who invented game theory and not Nash.
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  • GELDYGELDY
    edited May 2015
    In Response to Re: John Nash RIP:
    And even more knowledgable ones would recognise that von Neumann was the mathemetician who invented game theory and not Nash.
    Posted by bartoniron
    not aware that is in dispute. 
    however it was Nash who applied it to non-cooperative games with "poker as the obvious target" and why some poker players may be saddened to learn of his unfortunate death. hence poker chat. 
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  • F_IvanovicF_Ivanovic
    edited May 2015
    In Response to Re: John Nash RIP:
    In Response to Re: John Nash RIP : There are 2 very sad things on this thread 1 being the sad news about Mr and Mrs Nash R.I.P. 2 being the sad fact that you felt the need to post this remark
    Posted by gran23
    95% of his forum posts are always to do with a thread being in poker chat that he deems shouldn't be. Couldn't make up a worse troll.

    RIP Nash... must get around to watching the film about him.
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