Stone-Čech compactification en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after Marshall Stone and Eduard Čech, who wrote on the topic in 1937.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A technique for constructing a universal map from a topological space to a compact Hausdorff space.
- (countable, uncountable) The space obtained by using this technique.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone-Čech compactifications | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Čech-Stone compactification | alternative | lexicographic |