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Dvoretzky's theorem

Dvoretzky's theorem proper noun: an important structural theorem in the theory of Banach spaces, essentially stating that every sufficiently high-dimensional normed vector space will have low-dimensional subspaces that are approximately Euclidean.

Proper noun

Dvoretzky's theorem

  1. An important structural theorem in the theory of Banach spaces, essentially stating that every sufficiently high-dimensional normed vector space will have low-dimensional subspaces that are approximately Euclidean.

Origin of Dvoretzky's theorem

Proved by Aryeh Dvoretzky in the early 1960s.

Questions about Dvoretzky's theorem

What does Dvoretzky's theorem mean?
Dvoretzky's theorem means an important structural theorem in the theory of Banach spaces, essentially stating that every sufficiently high-dimensional normed vector space will have low-dimensional subspaces that are approximately Euclidean.
What part of speech is Dvoretzky's theorem?
Dvoretzky's theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Dvoretzky's theorem in the dictionary

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  2. Dvorak
  3. Dvorakian
  4. Dvorakians
  5. Dvoretzky
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  7. Dvorichna
  8. dvornik
  9. dvorniks
  10. DVOs
  11. Dvořák

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