数学季刊 ›› 1992, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (4): 35-39.

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Utility Representations of Preferences on General Choice Spaces

  



  1. Institute of Quantitative Economics North China University of Technology,,Beijing 100041

  • 收稿日期:1990-11-20 出版日期:1992-12-30 发布日期:2025-06-19
  • 基金资助:
    This work  is supported by the natural science foundation.

Utility Representations of Preferences on General Choice Spaces


  1. Institute of Quantitative Economics North China University of Technology,,Beijing 100041
  • Received:1990-11-20 Online:1992-12-30 Published:2025-06-19
  • Supported by:
    This work  is supported by the natural science foundation.

摘要:  The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the utility representation problem of preferences. Several representation theorems are obtained on general choice spaces. Preferences having continuous utility functions are characterized by their continuities and countable satiation. It is showed that on a pairwise separable choice space,the sufficient and necessary condition for a preference to be represented by a continuous utility function is that the preference is continuous and countably satiable. For monotone preferences,we obtain that any space has continuous utility representations. 

关键词:  , Preference,countable , satiation,monotone,countable , boundedness,pairwise , separability.

Abstract:  The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the utility representation problem of preferences. Several representation theorems are obtained on general choice spaces. Preferences having continuous utility functions are characterized by their continuities and countable satiation. It is showed that on a pairwise separable choice space,the sufficient and necessary condition for a preference to be represented by a continuous utility function is that the preference is continuous and countably satiable. For monotone preferences,we obtain that any space has continuous utility representations. 

Key words:  , Preference,countable , satiation,monotone,countable , boundedness,pairwise , separability.