Nobel-winning game theorist Reinhard Selten dies at 85

September 01, 2016 22:08

German economist Reinhard Selten, a recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in economics, has died. He was 85.

The University of Bonn, where he had taught since 1984, said in a statement today that Selten died on Aug 23 in Poznan, Poland.

The university's rector, Michael Hoch, described Selten as "one of the most significant German scientists with the highest international reputation."

Selten received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Hungarian-American John C Harsanyi and American John F Nash Jr.

They were jointly cited for their "pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games."

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