Open gaps, metrization and utility

DOI10.1007/BF01213666MaRDI QIDQ1814945zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ghanshyam Bhagvandas Mehta, Gerhard Herden

Publication date 3 November 1996

Published in Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01213666

zbMATH Keywords

Debreu continuous utility representation theoremDebreu open gap theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Higher separation axioms (completely regular, normal, perfectly or collectionwise normal, etc.) (54D15)

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