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File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||John Charles Harsanyi (d. August 9, 2000) was a Hungarian-American economist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy | |||
File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958. | File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958. |
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1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."
1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.
1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Vito Volterra uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend math criminals.
1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Nixon's resignation.
1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."
2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.