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Fixed points as Nash equilibria

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The existence of fixed points for single or multivalued mappings is obtained as a corollary of Nash equilibrium existence in finitely many players games.

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Torres-Martínez, J. Fixed points as Nash equilibria. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2006, 36135 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/FPTA/2006/36135

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