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Banach space

American

[bah-nahkh, ban-uhk] / ˈbɑ nɑx, ˈbæn ək /

noun

Mathematics.

a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.

Etymology

Origin of Banach space

1945–50; after Stefan Banach (1892–1945), Polish mathematician

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