New existence theorems for maximal elements in noncompact \(H\)-spaces with applications to equilibrium of games (Q1591933)

Let \(X\) be an Hausdorff topological space, and \(\{\Gamma_A\}\) be a family of nonempty contractible subsets of \(X\), indexed by \(A \in {\mathcal F}(X)\) such that \(\Gamma_A \subset \Gamma_B\) whenever \(A \subset B\). The pair \((X, \{\Gamma_A\})\) is called an \(H\)-space. The author introduces the notions of \(W_{\pi_{\alpha}}\)-majorized correspondences and \(W\)-majorized correspondences in \(H\)-spaces, which generalize the notion of the \(L\)-majorized correspondences from work \textit{N. Yannelis} and \textit{N. Prabhakar} [J. Math. Econ. 12, 233-245 (1983; Zbl 0536.90019)], and the notion of the \(W\)-correspondences from his preceding work [Acta Math. Hung. 80, 115-127 (1998; Zbl 0926.49005)]. New existence theorems for maximal elements are given, and as applications, some new existence theorems of an equilibrium for a qualitative game and an abstract economy are obtained.