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11 John Nash, ”Algebraic Approximations of Manifolds,” op cit, p 516

12 Solomon Lefschetz, President's Report, Princeton University Archives, 71880

13 Solomon Lefschetz,professor at Princeton in academic year 194849; Donald Spencer, interviews, 112895 and 112995

14 Lefschetz, raphy, 1061, Princeton University Archives

16 See, for example, ”analysis, Complex,” Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica (1962) (1962)

17 Kodaira won the Fields in 1954; David C Spencer, ”Kunihiko Kodaira (19151997),” American Mathematical Monthly, American Mathematical Monthly, 298 298

18 Spencer won the Bocher in 1947, Biography, op cit

19 Lefschetz, memorandum, 3949

20 Joseph Kohn, professor of mathematics, Princeton University, interview, 71995

21 Ibid Also Phillip Griffiths, director, Institute for Advanced Study, interview, 52695

22 In his reco professor in 1949, Lefschetz remarks on his ”warness to reach out to colleagues in trouble He beca nosed with schizophrenia; John Moore, a mathematician who suffered a severe depression; and John Nash after Nash returned to Princeton in the early 1960s See Spencer, op cit

23 Spencer, op cit

24 As slightly restated by Milnor, ”A nobel Prize for John Nash,” op cit, p 14

25 Intersectional Nomination: Class Five; 1996 Election, John F Nash, Jr

26 Michael Artin, professor of mathematics, MIT, interview, 12297

27 See, for example, Michael Artin and Barry Mazur, ”On Periodic Points,” Annals of Mathematics, Annals of Mathematics, no 81 (1965), pp 8299 Milnor calls this an ”important” application no 81 (1965), pp 8299 Milnor calls this an ”important” application

28 Barry Mazur, professor of mathematics, Harvard University, interview, 12397

29 Nash cites, for exakeiten,” Math Zeit, Math Zeit, vol 41 (1936), pp 117 vol 41 (1936), pp 117

30 Ibid

31 Steenrod, letter, 251, as quoted by Kuhn, introduction, ”A Celebration of John F Nash, Jr,” op cit

32 Spencer, op cit

33 Nash, as told to Harold Kuhn, private communication, 12297 The subsequent Nash-Moser theorem has even more profound implications for celestial mechanics See Chapter 30 Chapter 30

34 Albert W Tucker, interview, 1194 Nash still dabbled in game theory, perhaps partly to maintain his RAND connection For example, he wrote ”N-Person Games: An Example and a Proof,” RAND Meraduate students Martin Shubik and John Mayberry, ”A Comparison of Treatments of a Duopoly Situation,” RAND Memorandum P-222, July 10, 1951

35 Kuhn, interview

36 Letter from Albert W Tucker to Hassler Whitney, 4555

37 Artin supervised the honors calculus progra to John Tate (interview, 62997), he took very seriously Later docu been a poor teacher; the comments undoubtedly stem from his experiences in 195051

38 ”There is no doubt that the depart Milnor permanently as a member of our faculty,” Solomon Lefschetz, President's Report, Princeton University Archives, 951

39 Letter from A W Tucker to H Whitney, op cit

40 William Ted Martin, professor of mathematics, MIT, interview, 9795

41 Letter from Albert W Tucker to Marshall Stone, 22651

42 Nash told Kuhn that his desire to live in Boston played a role in his accepting the MIT position, Kuhn, personal communication, 797

16: MIT

1 Lindsay Russell, interview, 11496

2 Patrick Corcoran, retired captain, Cae City Police, interview, 81297

3 Felix Browder, interview, 111495

4 Gian-Carlo Rota, professor of mathematics, MIT, interview, 102994

5 Paul A Samuelson, professor of economics, MIT, interview, 1194

6 Harvey Burstein, forent who set up the campus police at MIT, interview, 7397

7 Samuelson, interview

8 William Ted Martin, professor of mathematics, MIT, interview, 9795

9 Samuelson, interview

10 Department of Physics, MIT, co, MIT, various years

12 Samuelson, interview

13 Ibid

14 Arthur Mattuck, professor of mathematics, MIT, e-mail, 62397

15 Joseph Kohn, professor of mathematics, Princeton University, interview, 72595

16 Samuelson, interview See also Report to the President, MIT, various years

17 Jeroineering, MIT, interview, 72597; Emma Duchane, interview, 62697