引子这是1993年1月10日至29日——也就是那一年春节期间——写的关于竞赛论的11篇系列短文。对竞赛论我只读过一部著作,那就是本文中提到的冯·诺依曼(Jolin von Neumann)和摩根斯特恩(Oskar Mor-genstein)合写的《竞赛论和经济行为》。冯·诺依曼是有名的数学家,匈牙利人,二次大战期间人美国籍。他在好几个领域取得了重大的成就。他长期在美国普林斯顿大学任教和从事研究工作。今天,美国普林斯顿有两条大街,纪念在那个大学曾生活过两位学者。一条是爱因斯坦大街,还有一条就是冯·诺依曼大街。竞赛论也是冯·诺依曼开创的一门数学和经济学的交叉学科。他和摩根斯特思合著的这本书,就是为这个学科 Introduction This is a series of eleven series of essay essay on competition which was written from January 10 to January 29, 1993, during the Spring Festival of the year. I’ve read only one book on the theory of competition, the “race theory and economic behavior” coined by Jolin von Neumann and Oskar Mor-genstein mentioned in this article. Von Neumann is a famous mathematician, Hungarian, human American during WWII. He has made great achievements in several fields. He has long taught and engaged in research at Princeton University in the United States. Today, there are two main streets in Princeton, United States, in memory of two scholars who had lived in that university. One is Einstein Street, there is a von Neumann street. Contest theory is also an interdisciplinary discipline in mathematics and economics pioneered by von Neumann. This book he co-authored with Morgensters is for this discipline