death_date nationality birth_date residence alma_mater death_place influenced image_size doctoral_students image name caption birth_place field known_for doctoral_advisor work_institution article_title prizes
25 january 1995 canadian american 28 november 1905 u.s. university of toronto , princeton university hightstown , n.j. , u.s. harold w. kuhn david gale r. tyrrell rockafellar 200 david nash torrence parsons lloyd shapley gale john r. isbell marvin minsky john forbes albert w. tucker.gif albert w. tucker albert william tucker oshawa , ontario , canada mathematician : combinatorial topology optimization prisoner combinatorial linear algebra 's dilemma karush -- kuhn -- tucker conditions solomon lefschetz princeton university albert w. tucker
 john von neumann theory prize -lrb- 1980 -rrb-
albert w. tucker

albert william tucker -lrb- 28 november 1905 -- 25 january 1995 -rrb- was a canadian mathematician who made important contributions in topology , game theory , and non-linear programming .
