A topological study for the existence of lower-semicontinuous Richter-Peleg multi-utilities
Abstract
In the present paper we study necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a semicontinuous and finite Richter-Peleg multi-utility for a preorder. It is well know that, given a preorder on a topological space, if there is a lower (upper) semicontinuous Richter-Peleg multi-utility, then the topology of the space must be finer than the Upper (resp. Lower) topology. However, this condition does not guarantee the existence of a semicontinuous representation. We search for finer topologies which are necessary for semicontinuity, as well as that they could guarantee the existence of a semicontinuous representation. As a result, we prove that Scott topology (that refines the Upper one) must be contained in the topology of the space in case there exists a finite lower semicontinuous Richter-Peleg multi-utility. However, as it is shown, the existence of this representation cannot be guaranteed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2401.13392,
title = {A topological study for the existence of lower-semicontinuous Richter-Peleg multi-utilities},
author = {Gianni Bosi and Asier Estevan and Armajac Raventós},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.13392},
year = {2024}
}