A HIDDEN FIGURE, A BEAUTIFUL MIND IN THE THEORY OF MATHEMATICAL GAMES

Authors

Isom Herron, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteFollow

Abstract

Alain A. Lewis, an African-American researcher, was a 1983 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. He obtained a B.A. in Philosophy, Economics, and Statistics from George Washington University in 1969, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in 1979. The title of his dissertation: “A Nonstandard Theory of Games.” His advisor was Kenneth Arrow. It was during his first year at Cornell, where his sponsor was Prof. Anil Nerode, that he enjoyed his Ford award. The result, which is an important application of game theory, is described by Philip Mirowski in the book Machine Dreams as: “…now considered in some circles as an underground classic in the theory of computational economics.”

Recommended Citation

Herron, Isom (2023) "A HIDDEN FIGURE, A BEAUTIFUL MIND IN THE THEORY OF MATHEMATICAL GAMES," Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 81, No. 1, Article 113.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol81/iss1/113