Von Neumann

[ von noi-mahn, -muhn ]

noun
  1. John, 1903–57, U.S. mathematician, born in Hungary.

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von Neumann

/ (vɒn ˈnjuːmən, fɒn) /


noun
  1. John. 1903–57, US mathematician, born in Hungary. He formulated game theory and contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and to the development of the stored-program computer (von Neumann machine)

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