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Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 2012; 49(6): 1251-1254

Printed November 30, 2012

https://doi.org/10.4134/BKMS.2012.49.6.1251

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Note on Pure-strategy Nash equilibria in matrix games

Weidong Ma

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Pure-strategy Nash Equilibrium (NE) is one of the most important concepts in game theory. Tae-Hwan Yoon and O-Hun Kwon gave a ``sufficient condition'' for the existence of pure-strategy NEs in matrix games [5]. They also claimed that the condition was necessary for the existence of pure-strategy NEs in undominated matrix games. In this short note, we show that these claims are not true by giving two examples.

Keywords: pure-strategy equilibrium, matrix game, saddle point

MSC numbers: 91A05