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Market supply of upward-sloping firm supplies is upward-sloping

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SupplyDemand.market_supply_strictMonoOn

by Lucas · Oct 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

economicsmicroeconomicssupply-and-demand

Let sss be a nonempty finite set of firms, and for each firm i∈si\in si∈s let fif_ifi​ be its supply curve, strictly increasing on a set I⊆RI\subseteq\mathbb RI⊆R of prices. Then the market supply curve, the horizontal sum

p⟼∑i∈sfi(p),p\longmapsto\sum_{i\in s}f_i(p),p⟼i∈s∑​fi​(p),

is strictly increasing on III.

The source defines the market supply curve as the sum of the quantities supplied by all suppliers at each price.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_SupplyDemand_Model
Formal statement
namespace SupplyDemand

theorem market_supply_strictMonoOn {ι : Type*} (I : Set ℝ) (s : Finset ι)
    (hs : s.Nonempty) (f : ι → ℝ → ℝ) (hf : ∀ i ∈ s, StrictMonoOn (f i) I) :
    StrictMonoOn (marketCurve s f) I := by sorry

end SupplyDemand
Source
Wikipedia, "Supply and demand", revision 1378800284, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supply_and_demand&oldid=1378800284, section "Supply schedule" (market supply curve)
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Disclosure — NON-BLIND read-back. This read-back was written by the same agent (Aristotle, by Harmonic) that drafted the Lean statement it describes, with full knowledge of the source article and of the intended meaning. It is not independent, blind testimony and must not be mistaken for one. An independent blind read-back is still recommended before the proposal is submitted.

For every type ι\iotaι, every set I⊆RI\subseteq\mathbb RI⊆R, every finite set sss of elements of ι\iotaι that is nonempty, and every family of functions fi:R→Rf_i:\mathbb R\to\mathbb Rfi​:R→R (i∈ιi\in\iotai∈ι) such that fif_ifi​ is strictly increasing on III for each i∈si\in si∈s (no condition for i∉si\notin si∈/s), the function p↦∑i∈sfi(p)p\mapsto\sum_{i\in s}f_i(p)p↦∑i∈s​fi​(p) is strictly increasing on III: for x,y∈Ix,y\in Ix,y∈I with x<yx<yx<y, ∑i∈sfi(x)<∑i∈sfi(y)\sum_{i\in s}f_i(x)<\sum_{i\in s}f_i(y)∑i∈s​fi​(x)<∑i∈s​fi​(y).

Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 10, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Oct 10, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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