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The purpose of this paper is to derive a characterization of nonemptiness and boundedness of the solution set for an equilibrium problem. We prove that under suitable conditions, the equilibrium problem has a nonempty and bounded solution set if and only if it is strictly feasible.
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Hu, R., Fang, YP. A characterization of nonemptiness and boundedness of the solution sets for equilibrium problems. Positivity 17, 431–441 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11117-012-0178-4
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