Non-linear functionals, deficient topological measures, and representation theorems on locally compact spaces

Abstract

We study non-linear functionals, including quasi-linear functionals, p-conic quasi-linear functionals, d-functionals, r-functionals, and their relationships to deficient topological measures and topological measures on locally compact spaces. We prove representation theorems and show, in particular, that there is an order-preserving, conic-linear bijection between the class of finite deficient topological measures and the class of bounded p-conic quasi-linear functionals. Our results imply known representation theorems for finite topological measures and deficient topological measures. When the space is compact we obtain four equivalent definitions of a quasi-linear functional and four equivalent definitions of functionals corresponding to deficient topological measures.