 Albert W. Tucker

Albert W. Tucker worked in topology, game theory and nonlinear optimization. With Harold W. Kuhn he helped formulate the conditions now called the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions, which extend the use of Lagrange multipliers to inequality constraints. He also supplied the familiar name and narrative for the prisoner's dilemma.^[ref] That example makes a mathematical distinction memorable: individually advantageous choices can lead to an outcome both players prefer less than a coordinated alternative. The payoff inequalities, rather than the story alone, define the strategic conflict.

Biography: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tucker_Albert/

Albert W. Tucker (1905–1995) was an influential American mathematician known for his work in various fields, including game theory, operations research, and mathematical programming. He is perhaps best recognized for his contributions to the field of game theory, particularly for formulating the "Prisoner's Dilemma," which illustrates a fundamental problem in cooperation and decision-making between individuals.