EGAVE

open set

Meaning

  1. noun Informally, a set such that the target point of a movement by a small amount in any direction from any point in the set is still in the set; exemplified by a full circle without its boundary.
  2. noun A set which can be described as an (arbitrary) union of open balls. Equivalently, a set such that for every point in it, there is an open ball centered at that point, such that that open ball is contained by the set.
  3. noun Most generally, a member of the topology of a given topological space.

Similar words

closed set open cover discrete set neighborhood standard topology closure normal space underlying set boundary connected space

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