Axiom of Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives:
For any closed set G, where G ⊆ F; and Φ(F, v) ∈ G, Φ(G, v) = Φ(F,v).
We illustrate the above statement with a diagram.
Axiom of Symmetry: If v1 = v2 and (x2,x1 | (X1,X2)∈F] = F (that is F is symmetric), then
The above statement implies equal players must be treated equally.
Using the above axioms, Nash derived a theorem:
There is a unique solution function Φ(F, V) that satisfies all the above- mentioned axioms, for every two person bargaining problem (F, v).