Canonical utility functions and continuous preference extensions

DOI10.1016/J.JMATECO.2016.08.007MaRDI QIDQ343118zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Igor Kopylov

Publication date 25 November 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2016.08.007

zbMATH Keywords

uniform continuityCauchy continuitycontinuous preferencesDebreu theorempreference extensionsRader theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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