When we talk about Von Neumann, is he the same Von Neumann that
developed the theory of games? By the way, in some of his novels
Gregory Benford was somehow talking about the same theory?
Yes, and yes. John von Neumann was a great mathematician. Moreover,
his temperament was sociable and he was famous for getting along with
people. Besides inventing game theory, the merge sort algorithm for
computers and the like, he made a mathematical formulation for quantum
mechanics.
A story has it that he would go on long train rides, such as across
the United States and back, in order to get uninterrupted time to
work.
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