The Triumph and Failure of John Nash’s Game Theory

Re:The Triumph and Failure of John Nash’s Game Theory by CurtMonash on Thursday May 28, 2015 @01:00AM (#9616142)

A popular article that does a good job on a technical subject -- that's rare, but the author pulled it off.

In the late 1970s, I decided to move from mathematics to business and/or public policy. So I wrote a thesis in game theory, extending von Neumann's MinMax Theorem, about a year after learning what the MinMax Theorem even was. So it's safe to say the mathematics of game theory was a bit thin back in those days, and I haven't heard of great progress in the intervening decades either.

As for applicability -- once again, the author got it right.

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Re:The Triumph and Failure of John Nash’s Game Theory by perfTerm on Thursday May 28, 2015 @01:04AM (#9616154)

If there's one source of reading material I'd ever recommend whole heartedly it is certainly the New Yorker. Their articles are in depth, well researched, and engaging.

I'm very happy my parents were subscribers and belive the avoricious devouring of each weekly issue helped me develop a rounded and intelligent world view.

Now I'm a happy subscriber myself!

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Re:The Triumph and Failure of John Nash’s Game Theory by pstuart on Thursday May 28, 2015 @10:54AM (#9618524)

And it has good cartoons as well.

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