Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nash equilibrium

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: nash e-qui-lib-ri-um
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of choices of players' strategies for which no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy assuming that the other players keep theirs unchanged.

Etymology

Named after American mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.

Inflected Forms

Nash equilibria (plural)

Questions

What does nash equilibrium mean?: The set of choices of players' strategies for which no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy assuming that the other players keep theirs unchanged.
Where does nash equilibrium come from?: Named after American mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.

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