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Sperner families

Sperner families is the plural of Sperner family.

Meaning of Sperner family

Noun

Sperner family (plural Sperner families)

  1. A family F of subsets of a finite set E in which none of the sets contains another; or, equivalently, an antichain in the inclusion lattice over the power set of E.

Questions about Sperner families

What is Sperner families the plural of?
Sperner families is the plural of Sperner family.

Words near Sperner families in the dictionary

  1. sperms
  2. spermule
  3. spermules
  4. spermy
  5. Sperner
  6. Sperner families
  7. Sperner family
  8. Sperner system
  9. Sperner systems
  10. Sperner's lemma
  11. Sperner's theorem

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