Robert Aumann

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Nobel laureate in Economics economist game theorist human mathematician

Robert Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to game theory and its applications to economics and conflict.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert J. Aumann	2
Robert Aumann canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11226481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Robert Aumann
Context triple: [Israel Prize in economics, notableRecipient, Robert Aumann]

A. Ariel Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein is an Israeli economist renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory, particularly his formalization of bargaining through the Rubinstein bargaining model.
B. John Harsanyi
John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
C. Lloyd Shapley
Lloyd Shapley was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and the theory of stable matching.
D. Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten was a German economist and game theorist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of bounded rationality and equilibrium refinement concepts in game theory.
E. Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish-American economist and mathematician best known as a pioneer of mechanism design theory and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Robert Aumann
Target entity description: Robert Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to game theory and its applications to economics and conflict.

A. Ariel Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein is an Israeli economist renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory, particularly his formalization of bargaining through the Rubinstein bargaining model.
B. John Harsanyi
John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
C. Lloyd Shapley
Lloyd Shapley was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and the theory of stable matching.
D. Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten was a German economist and game theorist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of bounded rationality and equilibrium refinement concepts in game theory.
E. Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish-American economist and mathematician best known as a pioneer of mechanism design theory and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economics ⓘ economist ⓘ game theorist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived	EMET Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Germany ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Israel ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	City College of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
familyName	Aumann NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	conflict resolution ⓘ decision theory ⓘ game theory ⓘ mathematical economics ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasOccupation	researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ
influenced	economic theory of conflict and cooperation ⓘ modern game theory ⓘ
knownFor	applications of game theory to conflict and war ⓘ applications of game theory to economics ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf	Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ US National Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea	Aumann agreement theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Aumann’s correlated equilibrium NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStudent	Ariel Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	common knowledge in game theory ⓘ correlated equilibrium NERFINISHED ⓘ repeated games ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
researchInterest	bargaining theory ⓘ cooperative games ⓘ non-cooperative games ⓘ war and peace ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israel Prize in economics → notableRecipient → Robert Aumann ⓘ

“Extensive Games and the Problem of Information” → citedBy → Robert Aumann ⓘ

subject surface form: Extensive Games and the Problem of Information

this entity surface form: Robert J. Aumann

“Classics in Game Theory” (editor) → hasContributor → Robert Aumann ⓘ

subject surface form: Classics in Game Theory