Minimax theorems for scalar set-valued mappings with nonconvex domains and applications

In this paper, by virtue of the separation theorem of convex sets, we prove a minimax theorem, a cone saddle point theorem and a Ky Fan minimax theorem for a scalar set-valued mapping under nonconvex assumptions of its domains, respectively. As applications, we obtain an existence result for the generalized vector equilibrium problem with a set-valued mapping. Simultaneously, we also obtain some generalized Ky Fan minimax theorems for set-valued mappings, in which the minimization and the maximization of set-valued mappings are taken in the sense of vector optimization. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013