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Rigorous formulation of dutch book arguments:
The dutch book arguments give you probability from utility. What we want to define is:
We choose a function $ from the reals to O (not the other way around, as a utility function would). This gives us a map from lotteries (functions from H to the reals) to actions (functions from H to O). $ is a valid currency if:
(We first need to note that a transitive agent must have a preference ordering)
You should be able to derive probabilities from any agent with a valid currency. The proof should also work if the domain of $ is only a dense subset of the reals, such as the rationals.
Every expected-utility maximizer with a sufficient variety of possible utilities has a valid currency.
So if an agent cares about wealth but has diminishing returns, the actual wealth will have increasing returns in the level of currency.