English Explanatory Dictionary

Lindelöf covering theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A theorem which states that for any open covering of some given set in Euclidean n-space there is an open subcovering (of that same set) which is countable.

Word forms

Lindelöf covering theorem

Etymology

Named after Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), a Finnish mathematician.

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