THEORY OF GAMES, 1944

[TERRY IRONS]

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Thomas Paikeday wrote:

> In discussing who used "game theory" first, I think we should give prior
> consideration to who first used "theory of games." The question is, is
> "game theory" lexically different from "theory of games"? I think all
> noun+noun phrases OF THIS KIND start with the above kind of phrase.
> Thus, we have "professor of linguistics" vis-a-vis "lingusitcs
> professor," "box of matches" v. "matchbox," etc., etc.
>


If we go this route,  theory of games may be traced to Pascal's
correspondence with Fermat (1654), in French of course, but tranlated into
English by at least 1894 (Tannery & Henry, Gauthier-Villars et fils).

Virtually, Terry
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