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John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
game theory
branch of mathematics focused on strategic decision making
von Neumann architecture
computer architecture using a common memory bus and address space for instructions and data
von Neumann algebra
unital *-algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space closed in the weak operator topology
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
award
John von Neumann Theory Prize
award
Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory
axiomatic set theory
Von Neumann
lunar crater
von Neumann entropy
type of entropy in quantum statistical mechanics
von Neumann universe
in set theory, the collection of sets obtained by transfinite recursion using the powerset operation
middle-square method
pseudorandom number generator
Consciousness causes collapse
Interpretation of quantum mechanics in which consciousness is postulated to be necessary for the completion of the process of quantum measurement
John von Neumann Award
award to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
incomplete document containing the first published description of the logical design of a computer using the stored-program concept
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
written work by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern
von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem
theorem that a rational decision-maker has a utility function
von Neumann regular ring
rings admitting weak inverses
von Neumann cellular automaton
cellular automaton used to model universal construction
Von Neumann's inequality