HEINE-BOREL THEOREM


Meaning of HEINE-BOREL THEOREM in English

/huy"neuh baw rel", -beuh-/ , Math.

the theorem that in a metric space every covering consisting of open sets that covers a closed and compact set has a finite collection of subsets that covers the given set. Also called Borel-Lebesque theorem .

[ named after Eduard Heine (1821-81), German mathematician and Émile Borel (1871-1956), French mathematician ]

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