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Heine-Borel theorem

[hahy-nuh-baw-rel, -buh-]
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noun Mathematics.
  1. 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.
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Origin of Heine-Borel theorem

named after Eduard Heine (1821–81), German mathematician and Émile Borel (1871–1956), French mathematician
Also called Borel-Lebesque theorem.
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