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Émile Borel, 1871-1956.

Scion of early century French mathematics. Introduced the abstract notion of a "strategic game" and formulated concept of a "mixed strategy, that would be picked later by game theory..

 

  

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Major Works of Émile Borel

  • "The Theory of Play and Integral Equations with Skew Symmetric Kernels", 1921, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences (transl., 1953, Econometrica)
  • "On Games that Involve Chance and the Skill of Players", 1924, in Elements de la Théorie des Probabilités (transl., 1953, Econometrica).
  • "On Systems of Linear Forms of Skew Symmetric Determinant and the General Theory of Play", 1927, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences (transl., 1953, Econometrica)
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