Generalisation of Cournot oligopoly model for more players

This thesis deals with oligopolistic market and situations occurring in it. Its aim is to approximate basic principles and rules, which relate to oligopoly. Thesis is limited to the situation when the products of all firms are homogeneous and these firms compete only by the produced quantities. Models of Cournot and Stackelberg are introduced in it. The possibilities of cooperation are being researched using the theory of games. Solved mathematical problem is attached to each of these models and it demonstrates all the procedures properly. Derivation of general formulas, if all cost and price functions are linear, is located in the second part of the thesis. Their utilization is demonstrated on solved mathematical problem and verification of them is located there