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John von Neumann's work in the theory of games and mathematical economics

Author(s): H. W. Kuhn; A. W. Tucker
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (1958), Part 2:100-122.
MathSciNet review: 0096572
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C. John von Neumann, A model of general economic equilibrium, Rev. Economic Studies vol. 13 (1945-1946) pp. 1-9 (Translation of [B]).

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E. John von Neumann, Discussion of a maximum problem (unpublished working paper, Princeton, November, 1947, 9 pp.).

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DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10209-8
PII: S 0002-9904(1958)10209-8




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