Solution

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For a real antisymmetric matrix , for every real vector . Thus for each row strategy , the column player could choose , giving . Hence the row security value is at most zero. Conversely, for each column strategy , the row choice gives , so the column security value is at least zero. The minimax theorem equates these values, proving
The choices matching the opponent in this proof establish inequalities for security levels; they do not by themselves specify a single universal optimal strategy.

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