A Full Characterization on Fixed-Point Theorem, Minimax Inequality, Saddle Point, and KKM Theorem
Guoqiang Tian · Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) · 2012
This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for fixed-point theorems, minimax inequalities and some related theorems defined on arbitrary topological spaces that may be discrete, continuum, non-compact or non-convex. We establish a single condition, γ-recursive transfer lower semicontinuity, which fully characterizes the existence of equilibrium of minimax inequality without imposing any kind of convexity nor any restriction on topological space. The result then is employed to fully characterize fixed point theory, saddle point theory, and the FKKM theory.