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Stone-Čech compactification

Stone-Čech compactification noun: a technique for constructing a universal map from a topological space to a compact Hausdorff space.

Noun

Stone-Čech compactification (countable and uncountable, plural Stone-Čech compactifications)

  1. A technique for constructing a universal map from a topological space to a compact Hausdorff space.
  2. The space obtained by using this technique.

Forms of Stone-Čech compactification

pluralStone-Čech compactifications
alternative formČech-Stone compactification

Origin of Stone-Čech compactification

Named after Marshall Stone and Eduard Čech, who wrote on the topic in 1937.

Questions about Stone-Čech compactification

What does Stone-Čech compactification mean?
Stone-Čech compactification means a technique for constructing a universal map from a topological space to a compact Hausdorff space.
What part of speech is Stone-Čech compactification?
Stone-Čech compactification is a noun.
What is the plural of Stone-Čech compactification?
The plural of Stone-Čech compactification is Stone-Čech compactifications.

Words near Stone-Čech compactification in the dictionary

  1. stone-snipes
  2. stone-still
  3. stone-throwing
  4. stone-wall
  5. Stone-Weierstrass theorem
  6. Stone-Čech compactification
  7. Stone-Čech compactifications
  8. Stonea
  9. Stoneback
  10. Stonebacks
  11. stonebaked

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