English Explanatory Dictionary

Cantor set

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subset of an interval formed by recursively removing an interval in the middle of every connected component of the set.

Word forms

Cantor set Cantor sets

Etymology

Named after German mathematician Georg Cantor (1845–1918).

Synonyms

Cantor dust
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