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Helly family

Helly family noun: a family of order k of sets, such that any minimal subfamily with an empty intersection has k or fewer sets in it.

Noun

Helly family (plural Helly families)

  1. A family of order k of sets, such that any minimal subfamily with an empty intersection has k or fewer sets in it.

Forms of Helly family

pluralHelly families

Origin of Helly family

Named after the mathematician Eduard Helly (1884-1943).

Questions about Helly family

What does Helly family mean?
Helly family means a family of order k of sets, such that any minimal subfamily with an empty intersection has k or fewer sets in it.
What part of speech is Helly family?
Helly family is a noun.
What is the plural of Helly family?
The plural of Helly family is Helly families.

Words near Helly family in the dictionary

  1. Hellwigs
  2. helly
  3. Helly dimension
  4. Helly dimensions
  5. Helly families
  6. Helly family
  7. Helly's selection theorem
  8. Helly's theorem
  9. Helly-Bray theorem
  10. Hellyer
  11. hellyerite

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