Definition:Game Theory/Historical Note

Historical Note on Game Theory
The origins of the mathematical discipline of game theory can be traced to 's.

Another early landmark was 's.

He also 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 by, documented as.

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.