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Symmetric solutions for (n, n−2) games with small values ofv (n−2)

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Symmetric solutions and their uniqueness are investigated for symmetric games in which onlyn−2 andn players enter into problem. As a result, we present two types of symmetric solutions for the case of smallv (n−2), and a unique one for much smallerv (n-2).

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  1. Department of Information Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama Meguro-ku, 152, Tokyo, Japan

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This research was supported in part by the Sakkokai Foundation, Japan.

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Muto, S. Symmetric solutions for (n, n−2) games with small values ofv (n−2). Int J Game Theory 11, 43–52 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01771246

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