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First, equality of two $U_0$ values forces equality of the corresponding $V_0$ values: neither strict comparison holds for $U_0$, and the same is then true for $V_0$ in both directions. Thus $V_0=g\circ U_0$ for a well-defined strictly increasing function $g$ on $J=U_0(\mathcal{P})$. Since $\mathcal{P}$ is a convex set and $U_0,V_0$ are affine functions, $J$ is a real interval andIf $J$ contains $u<v$, let $a=[g(v)-g(u)]/(v-u)>0$ and $b=g(u)-au$. The mixture identity gives $g(w)=aw+b$ for $w\in [u,v]$. For $w>v$, express $v$ as a convex combination of $u$ and $w$ and solve the same identity for $g(w)$; for $w<u$, express $u$ as a mixture of $w$ and $v$. Hence the formula holds on all of $J$, not merely between the chosen anchors. We obtain positive affine uniqueness of affine preference representations:If $U_0$ is constant, the same comparisons force $V_0$ to be constant; choose $a=1$ and the appropriate $b$. If the probability-measure set is empty, the assertion is vacuous. These degenerate cases do not require distinct anchors.