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I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium and symptoms of schizophrenia.

— John Forbes Nash Jr.

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You don't have to be a mathematician to have a feel for numbers.

A less obvious type of application (of non-cooperative games) is to the study of cooperative games.

Of course, one cannot represent all possible bargaining devices as moves in the non-cooperative game.

Any desired transferability can be put into the game itself instead of assuming it possible in the extra-game collaboration.

The writer has developed a “dynamical” approach to the study of cooperative games based upon reduction to non-cooperative form.

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