Parthasarathy's theorem

proper noun

A generalization of Von Neumann's minimax theorem, stating that a particular class of games has a mixed value, provided that at least one of the players has a strategy restricted to absolutely continuous distributions with respect to the Lebesgue measure (i.e. one of the players is forbidden to use a pure strategy).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. mathematicsA generalization of Von Neumann's minimax theorem, stating that a particular class of games has a mixed value, provided that at least one of the players has a strategy restricted to absolutely continuous distributions with respect to the Lebesgue measure (i.e. one of the players is forbidden to use a pure strategy).

Origin

Attributed to Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy.

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