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  • Satish Kumar JainEmail author
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The chapter introduces the subject matter of the monograph, namely, the derivation of Inada-type conditions for transitivity and quasi-transitivity under various rules and classes of rules, and spells out the plan of the book. The notions of sufficient conditions for transitivity (quasi-transitivity), Inada-type necessary conditions for transitivity (quasi-transitivity), and Inada-type necessary and sufficient conditions for transitivity (quasi-transitivity) are rigourously defined.

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  1. 1.Formerly ProfessorJawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew DelhiIndia

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