冯·诺依曼是本世纪出现的一位多才多艺的数学家,他生于1903年,卒于1957年,从小智力过人,一生勤治学,终成大器。他的选集收集的一百五十多篇论文,遍及集合论、逻辑、拓扑群、测度论、遍历论、算子论和量子物理、气象、军事、计算机、博奕论等诸领域。特别是在博奕论和计算机理论方面的工作,被后人公认为是开创性的、奠基性的。著名数学家S·乌拉姆在纪念冯·诺依曼逝世一周年时曾说过:“如果按年代先后去探讨冯·诺依曼个人的志向和学术上的成就,那就等于是 Von Neumann was a versatile mathematician who appeared in this century. He was born in 1903 and died in 1957. More than 150 papers collected in his anthology have been collected in such fields as set theory, logic, topological groups, measure theory, traversal theory, operator theory and quantum physics, meteorology, military affairs, computers, and game theory. Especially in the game theory and computer theory work, later generations recognized as groundbreaking, ground-breaking. In commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of von Neumann, the famous mathematician S Ulam said: "If we look at von Neumann personal aspirations and academic accomplishments according to his age,