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Robert Aumann
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Israeli-American mathematician
Robert Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician who made important contributions to game theory and mathematical economics. His work has helped shape how economists and strategists understand conflict, cooperation, and decision-making in situations where multiple parties' interests intersect.
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- La teoría de los juegos
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2005
“for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Employer
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- George W. Whitehead
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Aumann-1080.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Robert Aumann
- date of birth
- 1930-06-08
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Erdős number
- 3
- name in native language
- Robert Aumann
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- www.accessecon.com/pubs/eb/default.aspx?page=editorial&ID=738
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- interested in
- mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert John Aumann (Yisrael Aumann, Hebrew: ישראל אומן; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory.
Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.
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