A Functional Equation Arising from Simultaneous Utility Representations |
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Authors: | János Aczél R. Duncan Luce A. A. J. Marley |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada 2. Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697-5100, USA 3. Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3050 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P5, Canada
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Abstract: | Suppose that two classes of utility representations of preferences, one additive and one increasing increments, hold simultaneously over uncertain binary alternatives (gambles). This assumption leads to the functional equation $$ f[h(x-y)+y]=f[h(x)]-f[h(y)]+f(y)qquad (kappa >xgeq ygeq 0), $$ and to the inequality h(z) ≤ z (z ∈ [0, κ[), where the functions ? and h are strictly increasing maps of the real interval [0, κ[ onto the real intervals [0, λ[ and [0, μ[, respectively, κ, λ, μ ∈]0, ∞]. We present all solutions under the additional assumption of (first-order) differentiability. |
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