borel lebesque theorem

Hei·ne-Bo·rel the·orem

[hahy-nuh-baw-rel, -buh-]
noun Mathematics.
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.


Origin:
named after Eduard Heine (1821–81), German mathematician and Émile Borel (1871–1956), French mathematician

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