Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

Lindelöf space

American  
[lin-duh-lof, -lawf, -lœf] / ˈlɪn dəˌlɒf, -ˌlɔf, -ˌlœf /

noun

Mathematics.

  1. a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.

Etymology

Origin of Lindelöf space

After Ernst Lindelöf (1870–1946), Finnish topologist

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.