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John von Neumann
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1. John von Neumann
John von Neumann (mathematician, computer scientist, etc.)

2. Code and data
John von Neumann had the brilliant insight that data could be code and code could be data. Today, that computing paradigm, used by all conventional computers, is called a Von Neumann architecture based on a 1945 description by Von Neumann.

3. Random numbers
Anyone who thinks they can generate random numbers with a computer is in a state of sin. John von Neumann (mathematician, computer scientist, etc.)

4. Minimax theorem
In 1928, mathematician John von Neumann published his Minimax Theorem, which proved that for every two-person, zero-sum game, there is an optimal strategy for each player.

5. Fixed points in economics
In 1932, mathematician John von Neumann presented a talk, later published in 1938, in which he generalized the Brouwer fixed point theorem in order to transform the field of economics from a static theory to a dynamic theory. Many economists have since added to that work in order to show how economies can exhibit cyclic and chaotic behavior.

6. Coin flips
A clever solution to the problem of how to decide coin flips in the presence of possibly biased coins is due to John von Neumann (mathematician, computer scientist, etc.) , famous mathematician, statistician, operations researcher, computer scientist (traditional microprocessors are called Von Neumann machines), etc.

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