bolzano weierstrass theorem

Bol·za·no-Wei·er·strass the·orem

[bohl-zah-noh-vahy-er-shtrahs, -strahs, bohlt-sah-]
noun Mathematics.
the theorem that every bounded set with an infinite number of elements contains at least one accumulation point.

Origin:
named after B. Bolzano and K. Weierstrass (1815–97), German mathematician

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