urn:taro:utexas.cah.00301 A Guide to the Albert William Tucker Papers, 1946-1983 August 4, 2003 Encoded in XMetal 2 by Kristy Sorensen according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. June 23, 2006 Updated by Nikki Thomas Descriptive Summary Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905- Albert William Tucker Papers 1946-1983 Materials are written in English. 86-32; 2006-148 7 in. Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Interview with Princeton mathematician Albert W. Tucker from 1979 and 1982 with reprints and photocopies of papers by and about Tucker and mathematics at Princeton University. Biographical Note:

Albert William Tucker was born in 1905 in Ontario, Canada. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1932 and joined the faculty there in 1933. Tucker was a member of the Princeton University Department of Mathematics until 1970, serving as department chairman during the 1950s and 1960s.

Albert W. Tucker (1905-1995) began his career as a topologist and is known for his work in linear programming and game theory. He was the creator of the paradox known as the "Prisoner's Dilemma." Tucker is also well known for the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions, a basic result in non-linear programming. He taught and influenced many mathematicians during his long career at Princeton University, including his 1950 Ph.D. student John F. Nash, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. Tucker was also involved in mathematics education, serving as president of the MAA (1961-1962) and contributing to the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. The Mathematical Programming Society awards the A. W. Tucker Prize each year for an outstanding paper or thesis solely authored by a student.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of reprints and photocopies of papers by and about Albert W. Tucker, and about mathematics at Princeton University. Included are taped interviews with Tucker by Albert C. Lewis (April 9, 1979, July 20, 1979; 2 sound tape reels, ca. 4 hours). The mathematicians discussed include: J. W. Alexander, S. Lefschetz, R. L. Moore, M. Morse, O. Veblen, A. Church, S. Bochner, L. P. Einsenhart, and S. S. Wilks. A transcript of the 1979 interview is in the Princeton Mathematics Community in the 1930s Oral History Collection. Also included is an interview with Tucker by Stephen B. Maurer.

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Albert William Tucker Papers, 1946-1983, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

 Index Terms Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905- Princeton University. Dept. of Mathematics Detailed Description of the Papers 3.3/86-32/1 Reprints and photocopies of papers by and about Tucker and mathematics at Princeton University 3.3/86-32/1 Reel-to-reel tapes of interviews with Tucker by Albert C. Lewis, 1979 "An Interview with Albert W. Tucker:" 4RM126 Maurer, Stephen B., "An Interview with Albert W. Tucker," Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol 14, No. 3, June 1983 4RM25c A. W. Tucker interview [audiocassettes]: 4RM25c March 3, 1982 4RM25b June 14-15, 1982 4RM25b June 28, 1982