On the structure of completely useful topologies

[EN] Let X be an arbitrary set. Then a topology t on X is completely useful if every upper semicontinuous linear preorder on X can be represented by an upper semicontinuous order preserving real-valued function. In this paper we characterize in ZFC (Zermelo-Fraenkel + Axiom of Choice) and ZFC+SH (ZF...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Bosi, Gianni, Herden, Gerhard
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/82078
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/82078
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Hereditarily separable topology
Hereditarily Lindelöf-topology
Thin bounded set
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] Let X be an arbitrary set. Then a topology t on X is completely useful if every upper semicontinuous linear preorder on X can be represented by an upper semicontinuous order preserving real-valued function. In this paper we characterize in ZFC (Zermelo-Fraenkel + Axiom of Choice) and ZFC+SH (ZFC + Souslin Hypothesis) completely useful topologies on X. This means, in the terminology of mathematical utility theory, that we clarify the topological structure of any type of semicontinuous utility representation problem.