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Parthasarathy's theorem

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).

Proper noun

Parthasarathy's theorem

  1. 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).

Origin of Parthasarathy's theorem

Attributed to Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy.

Questions about Parthasarathy's theorem

What does Parthasarathy's theorem mean?
Parthasarathy's theorem means 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).
What part of speech is Parthasarathy's theorem?
Parthasarathy's theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Parthasarathy's theorem in the dictionary

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