John Forbes Nash

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Mathematician · United States

Date of birth: June 13, 1928
Died on May 23, 2015: Died at the age of 86; Would have turned 98 today

American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)

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John Forbes Nash was a mathematician (United States). John Forbes Nash was born on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield. Among other things, John Forbes Nash was known for National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Mathematical Society.

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differential geometry

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Work by John Forbes Nash

Title	Year
Nash embedding theorem	–
Nash blowing-up	–
Nash–Kuiper theorem	–
Nash equilibrium	–
Hilbert's nineteenth problem	–
Nash-Williams theorem	–
Nash functions	–
Nash–Moser theorem	–

Facts about John

Born: June 13, 1928 in Bluefield
Died: May 23, 2015
Nationality: United States
Occupations: Mathematician, University teacher, and Economist
Languages: English
Education: Princeton University
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 95 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: June 13, 1928
Born on a: Wednesday
Zodiac sign: Gemini

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What makes John Forbes Nash unique

Generation: Silent Generation
In memory: Died at the age of 86
Today: Would have turned 98 today

First award in 1990, the year John Forbes Nash turned 62.

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Awards

Award	Year
Fellow of the Econometric Society	1990
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel	1994
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society	2013
Abel Prize	2015
honorary doctor of the University of Athens	–

Groups

Name	From	To
National Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
American Mathematical Society	–	–
American Philosophical Society	–	–
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters	–	–
Econometric Society	–	–
European Academy of Sciences	–	–

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