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Robert Aumann
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Israeli-American mathematician
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Robert Aumann is an Israeli and American mathematician, economist, and professor. Born in Frankfurt in 1930, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy and was educated at the City College of New York and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His doctoral advisor was George W. Whitehead. Aumann has served as a professor at Stony Brook University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Econometric Society.
Aumann’s work spans mathematics and economics. He has received the Harvey Prize, the Israel Prize, the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize, and the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics. He is also recognized in the Nobel Economics collection. His doctoral students include David Schmeidler, Sergiu Hart, and Abraham Neyman. Aumann speaks English and Hebrew and adheres to Orthodox Judaism.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- La teoría de los juegos
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 5
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,697x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,496x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,766x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,726x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,428x
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Quotes
- “All these cries for peace we hear in Israel, especially from our side, do not bring peace any closer -- they only push it away. If you chase peace it only eludes you. That's not game theory; that's history.”
- “We can trust only ourselves. The president of the United States has to look out for U.S. interests -- that is what he was elected to do. He does not have to look out for Israel's interests, nor do I expect him to. The bottom line is that Obama is president of the United States -- not the world -- so when it comes to Israel's interests I trust the prime minister's discretion.”
- “The world aligns itself with those who are strong, even if they are the embodiment of evil. That is why [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's insistence on addressing Congress in an effort to prevent a deal between the United States and Iran is vital...”
- “Capitulation, sycophancy, and cowardice will only undermine us... Sometimes, you have to courageously follow your own path and not try to curry favor with anyone.”
- “The strong equilibrium point f just described is one of "unrelenting ferocity" against offenders. It exhibits a zeal for meting out justice that is entirely oblivious to the sometimes dire consequences to oneself or to the other faitheful——i.e., those who have not deviated.”
- “"Interactive Decision Theory" would perhaps be a more descriptive name for the discipline usually called Game Theory.”
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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
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- 3
- name in native language
- Robert Aumann
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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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