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New characterizations of completely useful topologies in mathematical utility theory

Theoretical Economics 2024-05-03 v2 General Topology

Abstract

Let XX be an arbitrary set. Then a topology tt on XX is said to be completely useful if every upper semicontinuous linear (total) preorder \precsim on XX can be represented by an upper semicontinuous real-valued order preserving function. In this paper, appealing, simple and new characterizations of completely useful topologies will be proved, therefore clarifying the structure of such topologies.

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@article{arxiv.2402.18324,
  title  = {New characterizations of completely useful topologies in mathematical utility theory},
  author = {Gianni Bosi and Roberto Daris and Gabriele Sbaiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.18324},
  year   = {2024}
}

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