Definition:Game Theory/Historical Note

Historical Note on Game Theory
The mathematical discipline of game theory was initiated by, who stated, but failed to prove, a special case of the Fundamental Theorem of Games in his paper of.

The proof was given in a lecture, documented as, by in $1928$.

The field was properly established by and  in their  of $1944$, as a result of their observation that certain problems in economics were identical with those of games of strategy.

As the field evolved, it became apparent that this new discipline had a considerable number of wide-ranging applications.