Abstract

We prove an easy version of the minimax theorem with no topological assumption. We deduce from it some domination criteria as well as applications to integral representation and to p-summing operators.

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Keywords

  • Conglomerability
  • domination property
  • Fan Theorem
  • integral representation
  • integral hull
  • linear inequalities
  • minimax

Mathematics Subject Classification

28C05; 39B72, 39B62

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G. Cassese. “A Minimax Lemma and its Applications.” Journal of Convex Analysis 30 (2023), No. 1, 47–64. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca30004

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