Robert Aumann
8 June 1930 – present
Robert Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and game theorist based at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His work on repeated games, correlated equilibrium and common knowledge helped shape modern game theory and its use in economics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Thomas Schelling for analysis of conflict and cooperation through game theory.
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Life events
Robert Aumann was born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Aumanns left Germany in 1938 and settled in New York City.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe graduated in mathematics in 1950.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed a PhD on knot theory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe began a career at the Hebrew University that lasted for decades.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis 1974 paper set out a solution concept generalising Nash equilibrium.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe paper formalised common knowledge and showed that rational agents with the same priors cannot agree to disagree.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received Israel's state prize for his contributions to economic science.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe and Thomas Schelling were recognised for enhancing understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.
Source: en.wikipedia.org