SCHRÖDER-BERNSTEIN THEOREM


Meaning of SCHRÖDER-BERNSTEIN THEOREM in English

/shroh"deuhr berrn"steen, -stuyn, shray"-/ , Math.

the theorem of set theory that if two sets are so related that each can be placed in one-to-one correspondence with a subset of the other, then the sets are equivalent.

[ after Ernst Schröder (1841-1902), German logician and mathematician; Bernstein is unidentified ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .