Celebrating the Life and Work of John F. Nash, Jr.

The Princeton University Mathematics Department hosted a celebration of the life and work of John F. Nash, Jr. on October 24, 2015.

Lectures can be viewed by clicking on their titles.

Lectures on Nash’s work:
(All talks will be in McDonnell A02)

9:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Eric Maskin – “John Nash’s Contributions to Economics and Game Theory”
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Sergiu Klainerman – “The Pity of It All – What J. Nash Accomplished in Analysis in Just Three Papers”
12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Break
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Mikhail Gromov – “Problems Left Unsolved”
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. János Kollár – “Nash’s Work in Algebraic Geometry”

Public lecture:

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Sylvia Nasar – “John Nash: the story of a beautiful mind”

Remembrance Service:

Princeton University Chapel, 6 p.m.

Celebrating Nash - Map