Discounted infinite-horizon utility integrability

ID: discounted-infinite-horizon-utility-integrability

Discounted infinite-horizon utility integrability by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
Finite lower and upper utility bounds together with a positive discount rate bound the absolute time integral by . This justifies expectation and integration in marginal-utility verification. Bounded utility alone on an undiscounted infinite horizon does not prevent both positive and negative parts from having infinite integral.

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