#18536: Solvers for constant sum games
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       Reporter:  ptigwe             |        Owner:
           Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  needs_work
       Priority:  minor              |    Milestone:  sage-6.8
      Component:  game theory        |   Resolution:
       Keywords:  Game Theory,       |    Merged in:
  Gambit, Zero-sum game Constant     |    Reviewers:  Karl-Dieter Crisman
  Sum Game, Normal Form Games        |  Work issues:
        Authors:  Tobenna P. Igwe    |       Commit:
Report Upstream:  N/A                |  fb4461ce6d228ad7f6709ee4b8b523243012daf9
         Branch:                     |     Stopgaps:
  u/ptigwe/gt_extension              |
   Dependencies:                     |
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Comment (by ptigwe):

 Replying to [comment:20 kcrisman]:
 > Another small point - no maximization here.
 > {{{
 >         if algorithm.startswith('lp-'):
 >             return self._solve_LP(solver=algorithm[3:])
 > }}}
 > Of course, at some point this is pedantic if you are planning on
 removing it - but actually, given that it pre-existed this ticket, I guess
 you'll have to deprecate that keyword.
 >
 > > > You should add an example testing the maximization=False
 > > There's currently one at the start of obtain_nash, showing that it's
 possible for the equilibrium found could be different. Do you want me to
 do something similar for all the methods, or would the one be enough?
 > What I meant was one for the new LP solver functionality.
 Dima, Vince and I have thought and discussed about this issue for a while,
 and have decided to remove ``maximization`` completely. So the next few
 patches should be addressing this.

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