An Axiomatic Approach to Measurable Utility

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DOI10.2307/1905540zbMath0050.36705OpenAlexW2043858175MaRDI QIDQ5818924

I. N. Herstein, John W. Milnor

Publication date: 1953

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1905540



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