Existence of continuous euclidean embeddings for a weak class of orders
Economics
2021-01-21 v3
Abstract
We prove that if is a topological space that admits Debreu's classical utility theorem (eg.\ is separable and connected, second countable, etc.), then order relations on satisfying milder completeness conditions can be continuously embedded in for some index set. In the particular case where is a compact metric space, this closes a conjecture of Nishimura \& Ok (2015). We also show that when is given a non-standard partial order coinciding with Pareto improvement, the analogous embedding theorem fails to hold in the continuous case.
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@article{arxiv.1508.00607,
title = {Existence of continuous euclidean embeddings for a weak class of orders},
author = {Lawrence Carr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00607},
year = {2021}
}
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8 pages, edited for a mathematical audience