| 单词 | possibility theorem |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspossibility theorem possibility theorem n. = impossibility theorem n. at impossibility n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > theories possibility theorem1950 1950 K. J. Arrow in Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 58 342 The Possibility Theorem shows that, if no prior assumptions are made about the nature of individual orderings, there is no method of voting which will remove the paradox of voting discussed in Part I, neither plurality voting nor any scheme of proportional representation, no matter how complicated. 1964 C. E. Ferguson Macroecon. Theory of Workable Competition i. 10 (heading) The possibility theorem and rigorous proof of the competitive optimum. 1997 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 18/6 The result, which helped earn Arrow the Nobel prize in economics in 1972, is known as the Arrow Impossibility Theorem by the pessimists, and the Arrow Possibility Theorem by the optimists. < as lemmas |
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