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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

2. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?

3. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?

4. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?

5. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work did Nash do during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? With whom did he work?

2. Who accompanied Nash in his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? Where did he live?

3. How old was Nash when he arrived at Princeton? What year was it? In what areas was Princeton building its faculty at this time?

4. How is Nash's relationship to Lloyd Shapley described in Chapter Eleven?

5. How was Nash perceived by faculty and his peers at Princeton in Chapter Five?

6. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. grow up? How were Nash's parents described in Chapter One?

7. How does the author describe the romantic life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Twenty-One?

8. When was Nash's first son born? How did Nash respond to his son's birth in Chapter Twenty-Three?

9. Why did Nash refuse a permanent position at RAND in Chapter Fourteen? Where did he go instead?

10. How is the political atmosphere described in Chapter Nineteen? How did it affect the faculty at MIT?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Albert Einstein and his position and work at Princeton during the late 1940s. What notoriety had Einstein achieved by this point in history? Also discuss John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s first year at Princeton. How was Nash perceived by the faculty at the university? What was Nash's meeting with Einstein like?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Korean War, Nash's draft status, and Nash's work within the field of manifolds. Why did Nash apply for deferment? Who supported him in his efforts to avoid the draft? Who coerced Nash to work with manifolds? What is the significance of Nash's work in the field?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Riemann's Hypothesis and nonlinear theory. What was Nash warned regarding Reimann's Hypothesis? What paper did Nash present at the World Congress of Mathematics? What was hypothesized in the paper? How was it received?

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