Existence of continuous utility functions for arbitrary binary relations: some sufficient conditions
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Nov 13, 2012
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Published Online: Nov 13, 2012
Page range: 15 - 27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10127-010-0015-8
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We present new sufficient conditions for the existence of a continuous utility function for an arbitrary binary relation on a topological space. Such conditions are basically obtained by using both the concept of a weakly continuous binary relation on a topological space and the concept of a network weight. We are concerning with suitable topological notions which generalize the concept of compactness and do not imply second countability or local compactness.