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Bolzano-Weierstrass property

Bolzano-Weierstrass property proper noun: the property held by some topological spaces that if a subset of such a space has an infinite quantity of points then the subset has at least one accumulation point.

Proper noun

the Bolzano-Weierstrass property

  1. The property held by some topological spaces that if a subset of such a space has an infinite quantity of points then the subset has at least one accumulation point.

Origin of Bolzano-Weierstrass property

Named after Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848), a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian descent, and Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis".

Questions about Bolzano-Weierstrass property

What does Bolzano-Weierstrass property mean?
Bolzano-Weierstrass property means the property held by some topological spaces that if a subset of such a space has an infinite quantity of points then the subset has at least one accumulation point.
What part of speech is Bolzano-Weierstrass property?
Bolzano-Weierstrass property is a proper noun.

Words near Bolzano-Weierstrass property in the dictionary

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