List of game theorists

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This is a list of notable economists, mathematicians, political scientists, and computer scientists whose work has added substantially to the field of game theory.

• Robert Aumann - equilibrium theory (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2005)
• Kenneth Arrow - voting theory (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972)
• Robert Axelrod - repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
• Steven Brams - cake cutting, fair division, theory of moves
• John Horton Conway - combinatorial game theory
• John Harsanyi - equilibrium theory (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1994)
• Rufus Isaacs - differential games
• John Maynard Smith - Evolutionary biology
• László Mérő - rationality, combinatorial games
• Oskar Morgenstern - Social organization
• John Forbes Nash - Nash equilibrium (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1994)
• John von Neumann - Minmax theorem, Expected Utility, Social organization, arms race
• George R. Price - theoretical and evolutionary biology
• Ariel Rubinstein - Bargaining theory, learning and language
• Reinhard Selten - Bounded rationality (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1994)
• Lloyd Shapley - Shapley value and core concept in coalition games
• Thomas Schelling - bargaining (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2005)

view	Topics in game theory
Definitions	Normal form game · Extensive form game · Cooperative game · Information set · Preference
Equilibrium concepts	Nash equilibrium · Subgame perfection · Bayes-Nash · Trembling hand · Correlated equilibrium · Sequential equilibrium · Quasi-perfect equilibrium · Evolutionarily stable strategy
Strategies	Dominant strategies · Mixed strategy · Grim trigger · Tit for Tat
Classes of games	Symmetric game · Perfect information · Dynamic game · Repeated game · Signaling game · Cheap talk · Zero-sum game · Mechanism design
Games	Prisoner's dilemma · Coordination game · Chicken · Battle of the sexes · Stag hunt · Matching pennies · Ultimatum game · Minority game · Rock, Paper, Scissors · Pirate game · Dictator game
Theorems	Minimax theorem · Purification theorems · Folk theorem · Revelation principle · Arrow's Theorem
Related topics	Mathematics · Economics · Behavioral economics · Evolutionary game theory · Population genetics · Behavioral ecology · Adaptive dynamics · List of game theorists