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We present a class of instances of the existence of a second object of a specified type, in fact, of an even number of objects of a specified type, which generalizes the existence of an equilibrium for bimatrix games. The proof is an abstract generalization of the Lemke–Howson algorithm for finding an equilibrium of a bimatrix game.

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Edmonds, J. (2009). Euler Complexes. In: Cook, W., Lovász, L., Vygen, J. (eds) Research Trends in Combinatorial Optimization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76796-1_4

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