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Minimax theorems with applications to convex metric spaces

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 7, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany

Abstract

A minimax theorem is proved which contains a recent result of Pinelis and a version of the classical minimax theorem of Ky Fan as special cases. Some applications to the theory of convex metric spaces (farthest points, rendez-vous value) are presented.

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Colloquium Mathematicum
1995/68/2
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Pages:
179-186
Main language of publication
English
Received
1993-08-26
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences