General properties of Nash equilibria in duels (Q1072456)

The author considers 2-person games on the unit square in a very generalized form with kernel \(K(x_ 1,x_ 2)=(K_ 1(x_ 1,x_ 2)\), \(K_ 2(x_ 2,x_ 1))\). Many versions of the game are studied where the payoffs \(K_ i(x_ i,x_ j)\) for both players change their behaviour on the main diagonal, and they are strictly increasing or strictly decreasing or constant in the main variable \(x_ i\) on the open triangles. In all the cases the author found general properties of the supports of measures describing Nash equilibria situations. The results of the paper can be useful in seeking solutions to some 2-person games on the unit square.