When did Gerolamo Cardano write Liber de ludo aleae?
Gerolamo Cardano wrote Liber de ludo aleae in 1564. The manuscript remained unpublished until 1663.
Questions about Game theory
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who established game theory as an independent field and when?
John von Neumann established game theory as an independent field with his 1928 paper On the Theory of Games of Strategy. He later co-authored Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with Oskar Morgenstern in 1944.
What is the Nash equilibrium and who developed it?
John Nash developed a criterion for mutual consistency of player strategies known as the Nash equilibrium in 1950. Nash proved every finite n-player non-zero-sum non-cooperative game has what is now called a Nash equilibrium in mixed strategies.
How does evolutionary game theory explain animal behavior?
Game theory explained approximately 1:1 sex ratios as result of evolutionary forces acting on individuals trying to maximize grandchildren numbers. Biologists used evolutionary game theory to explain emergence of animal communication through signaling games and other communication frameworks.
When did John Maynard Smith receive the Crafoord Prize?
John Maynard Smith received the Crafoord Prize for applying evolutionary game theory in 1999. This award recognized contributions to biological applications of the field.