New characterizations of completely useful topologies in mathematical utility theory

Abstract

Let $X$ be an arbitrary set. Then a topology $t$ on $X$ is said to be completely useful if every upper semicontinuous linear (total) preorder $\precsim$ on $X$ can be represented by an upper semicontinuous real-valued order preserving function. In this paper, appealing, simple and new characterizations of completely useful topologies will be proved, therefore clarifying the structure of such topologies.