John von Neumann's Conception of the Minimax Theorem: A Journey Through Different Mathematical Contexts

Archive for History of Exact Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-68

  Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 1842498674     PISSN: 00039519     EISSN: 14320657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004070100041     Document Type: Article

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