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Relatively Compact
In mathematics, a relatively compact subspace (or relatively compact subset, or precompact subset) of a topological space is a subset whose closure is compact. Properties Every subset of a compact topological space is relatively compact (since a closed subset of a compact space is compact). And in an arbitrary topological space every subset of a relatively compact set is relatively compact. Every compact subset of a Hausdorff space is relatively compact. In a non-Hausdorff space, such as the particular point topology on an infinite set, the closure of a compact subset is ''not'' necessarily compact; said differently, a compact subset of a non-Hausdorff space is not necessarily relatively compact. Every compact subset of a (possibly non-Hausdorff) topological vector space is complete and relatively compact. In the case of a metric topology, or more generally when sequences may be used to test for compactness, the criterion for relative compactness becomes that any sequence i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, respectively. There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline. Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them. These objects consist of either abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicsentities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. A ''proof'' consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, andin case of abstraction from naturesome basic properties that are considered true starting poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal Family
In mathematics, with special application to complex analysis, a ''normal family'' is a pre-compact subset of the space of continuous functions. Informally, this means that the functions in the family are not widely spread out, but rather stick together in a somewhat "clustered" manner. Note that a compact family of continuous functions is automatically a normal family. Sometimes, if each function in a normal family ''F'' satisfies a particular property (e.g. is holomorphic), then the property also holds for each limit point of the set ''F''. More formally, let ''X'' and ''Y'' be topological spaces. The set of continuous functions f: X \to Y has a natural topology called the compact-open topology. A normal family is a pre-compact subset with respect to this topology. If ''Y'' is a metric space, then the compact-open topology is equivalent to the topology of compact convergence, and we obtain a definition which is closer to the classical one: A collection ''F'' of continuous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totally Bounded Space
In topology and related branches of mathematics, total-boundedness is a generalization of compactness for circumstances in which a set is not necessarily closed. A totally bounded set can be covered by finitely many subsets of every fixed “size” (where the meaning of “size” depends on the structure of the ambient space). The term precompact (or pre-compact) is sometimes used with the same meaning, but precompact is also used to mean relatively compact. These definitions coincide for subsets of a complete metric space, but not in general. In metric spaces A metric space (M,d) is ''totally bounded'' if and only if for every real number \varepsilon > 0, there exists a finite collection of open balls in ''M'' of radius \varepsilon whose union contains . Equivalently, the metric space ''M'' is totally bounded if and only if for every \varepsilon >0, there exists a finite cover such that the radius of each element of the cover is at most \varepsilon. This is equivale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compactly Embedded
In mathematics, the notion of being compactly embedded expresses the idea that one set or space is "well contained" inside another. There are versions of this concept appropriate to general topology and functional analysis. Definition (topological spaces) Let (''X'', ''T'') be a topological space, and let ''V'' and ''W'' be subsets of ''X''. We say that ''V'' is compactly embedded in ''W'', and write ''V'' ⊂⊂ ''W'', if * ''V'' ⊆ Cl(''V'') ⊆ Int(''W''), where Cl(''V'') denotes the closure of ''V'', and Int(''W'') denotes the interior of ''W''; and * Cl(''V'') is compact. Definition (normed spaces) Let ''X'' and ''Y'' be two normed vector spaces with norms , , •, , ''X'' and , , •, , ''Y'' respectively, and suppose that ''X'' ⊆ ''Y''. We say that ''X'' is compactly embedded in ''Y'', and write ''X'' ⊂⊂ ''Y'', if * ''X'' is continuously embedded in ''Y''; i.e., there is a constant ''C'' such that , , ''x'', , ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost Periodic Function
In mathematics, an almost periodic function is, loosely speaking, a function of a real number that is periodic to within any desired level of accuracy, given suitably long, well-distributed "almost-periods". The concept was first studied by Harald Bohr and later generalized by Vyacheslav Stepanov, Hermann Weyl and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, amongst others. There is also a notion of almost periodic functions on locally compact abelian groups, first studied by John von Neumann. Almost periodicity is a property of dynamical systems that appear to retrace their paths through phase space, but not exactly. An example would be a planetary system, with planets in orbits moving with periods that are not commensurable (i.e., with a period vector that is not proportional to a vector of integers). A theorem of Kronecker from diophantine approximation can be used to show that any particular configuration that occurs once, will recur to within any specified accuracy: if we wait long eno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhood (topology)
In topology and related areas of mathematics, a neighbourhood (or neighborhood) is one of the basic concepts in a topological space. It is closely related to the concepts of open set and interior. Intuitively speaking, a neighbourhood of a point is a set of points containing that point where one can move some amount in any direction away from that point without leaving the set. Definitions Neighbourhood of a point If X is a topological space and p is a point in X, then a of p is a subset V of X that includes an open set U containing p, p \in U \subseteq V \subseteq X. This is also equivalent to the point p \in X belonging to the topological interior of V in X. The neighbourhood V need be an open subset X, but when V is open in X then it is called an . Some authors have been known to require neighbourhoods to be open, so it is important to note conventions. A set that is a neighbourhood of each of its points is open since it can be expressed as the union of open sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lattice (group)
In geometry and group theory, a lattice in the real coordinate space \mathbb^n is an infinite set of points in this space with the properties that coordinate wise addition or subtraction of two points in the lattice produces another lattice point, that the lattice points are all separated by some minimum distance, and that every point in the space is within some maximum distance of a lattice point. Closure under addition and subtraction means that a lattice must be a subgroup of the additive group of the points in the space, and the requirements of minimum and maximum distance can be summarized by saying that a lattice is a Delone set. More abstractly, a lattice can be described as a free abelian group of dimension n which spans the vector space \mathbb^n. For any basis of \mathbb^n, the subgroup of all linear combinations with integer coefficients of the basis vectors forms a lattice, and every lattice can be formed from a basis in this way. A lattice may be viewed as a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homogeneous Space
In mathematics, particularly in the theories of Lie groups, algebraic groups and topological groups, a homogeneous space for a group ''G'' is a non-empty manifold or topological space ''X'' on which ''G'' acts transitively. The elements of ''G'' are called the symmetries of ''X''. A special case of this is when the group ''G'' in question is the automorphism group of the space ''X'' – here "automorphism group" can mean isometry group, diffeomorphism group, or homeomorphism group. In this case, ''X'' is homogeneous if intuitively ''X'' looks locally the same at each point, either in the sense of isometry (rigid geometry), diffeomorphism (differential geometry), or homeomorphism (topology). Some authors insist that the action of ''G'' be faithful (non-identity elements act non-trivially), although the present article does not. Thus there is a group action of ''G'' on ''X'' which can be thought of as preserving some "geometric structure" on ''X'', and making ''X'' into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geometry Of Numbers
Geometry of numbers is the part of number theory which uses geometry for the study of algebraic numbers. Typically, a ring of algebraic integers is viewed as a lattice in \mathbb R^n, and the study of these lattices provides fundamental information on algebraic numbers. The geometry of numbers was initiated by . The geometry of numbers has a close relationship with other fields of mathematics, especially functional analysis and Diophantine approximation, the problem of finding rational numbers that approximate an irrational quantity. Minkowski's results Suppose that \Gamma is a lattice in n-dimensional Euclidean space \mathbb^n and K is a convex centrally symmetric body. Minkowski's theorem, sometimes called Minkowski's first theorem, states that if \operatorname (K)>2^n \operatorname(\mathbb^n/\Gamma), then K contains a nonzero vector in \Gamma. The successive minimum \lambda_k is defined to be the inf of the numbers \lambda such that \lambda K contains k linearly inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahler's Compactness Theorem
In mathematics, Mahler's compactness theorem, proved by , is a foundational result on lattices in Euclidean space, characterising sets of lattices that are 'bounded' in a certain definite sense. Looked at another way, it explains the ways in which a lattice could degenerate (''go off to infinity'') in a sequence of lattices. In intuitive terms it says that this is possible in just two ways: becoming ''coarse-grained'' with a fundamental domain that has ever larger volume; or containing shorter and shorter vectors. It is also called his selection theorem, following an older convention used in naming compactness theorems, because they were formulated in terms of sequential compactness (the possibility of selecting a convergent subsequence). Let ''X'' be the space :\mathrm_n(\mathbb)/\mathrm_n(\mathbb) that parametrises lattices in \mathbb^n, with its quotient topology. There is a well-defined function Δ on ''X'', which is the absolute value of the determinant of a matrix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Analysis
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, number theory, analytic combinatorics, applied mathematics; as well as in physics, including the branches of hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and particularly quantum mechanics. By extension, use of complex analysis also has applications in engineering fields such as nuclear, aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering. As a differentiable function of a complex variable is equal to its Taylor series (that is, it is analytic), complex analysis is particularly concerned with analytic functions of a complex variable (that is, holomorphic functions). History Complex analysis is one of the classical branches in mathematics, with roots in the 18th century and just prior. Important mathematicians associated with comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform Integrability
In mathematics, uniform integrability is an important concept in real analysis, functional analysis and measure theory, and plays a vital role in the theory of martingales. Measure-theoretic definition Uniform integrability is an extension to the notion of a family of functions being dominated in L_1 which is central in dominated convergence. Several textbooks on real analysis and measure theory use the following definition: Definition A: Let (X,\mathfrak, \mu) be a positive measure space. A set \Phi\subset L^1(\mu) is called uniformly integrable if \sup_\, f\, _0 there corresponds a \delta>0 such that : \int_E , f, \, d\mu 0 such that : \sup_\int_A, f, \, d\mu 0 such that, for every measurable A such that P(A)\leq \delta and every X in \mathcal, \operatorname E(, X, I_A)\leq\varepsilon. or alternatively 2. A class \mathcal of random variables is called uniformly integrable (UI) if there exists K\in X, I_)\le\varepsilon\ \text X \in \mathcal, where I_ is the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
