Infimum Principle
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Abstract:
We utilize the technique of dual sets to prove a theorem on the attainment of a simultaneous infimum by a compatible family of functions. Corollaries to the theorem include, among others, the von Neumann Minimax Principle and Nash’s Equilibrium Theorem.References
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Additional Information
- Władysław Kulpa
- Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, University of Silesia, Bankowa 14, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
- Email: kulpa@ux2.math.us.edu.pl
- Andrzej Szymanski
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania 16057
- Email: andrzej.szymanski@sru.edu
- Received by editor(s): November 14, 2001
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: August 14, 2002
- Published electronically: May 28, 2003
- Communicated by: Alan Dow
- © Copyright 2003 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 203-210
- MSC (1991): Primary 52A07, 54H25, 90A56; Secondary 90D06
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-03-06994-6
- MathSciNet review: 2021263