Existence of a semicontinuous or continuous utility function: a unified approach and an elementary proof.

DOI10.1016/S0304-4068(02)00058-7zbMath1033.91005MaRDI QIDQ1867774

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 2 April 2003

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Utility functionDecreasing scaleGeneralized Urysohn systemPreordered bitopological space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Individual preferences (91B08)

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