__notoc__  albert william tucker (28 november 1905 â 25 january 1995) was a canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology, game theory, and non-linear programming. albert tucker was born in oshawa, ontario, canada, and earned his b.a. at the university of toronto in 1928 and his m.a. at the same institution in 1929. in 1932, he earned his ph.d. at princeton university under the supervision of solomon lefschetz, with a dissertation entitled an abstract approach to manifolds. in 1932â33 he was a national research fellow at cambridge, harvard, and the university of chicago. he then returned to princeton to join the faculty in 1933, where he stayed till 1974. he chaired the mathematics department for about twenty years, one of the longest tenures. his extensive relationships within the field made him a great source for oral histories of the mathematics community. his ph.d. students include michel balinski, david gale, alan goldman, john isbell, stephen maurer, marvin minsky, nobel prize winner john nash, torrence parsons, nobel prize winner lloyd shapley, robert singleton, and marjorie stein. although he
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