compactness
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The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
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Although the weak topology of the unit ball is not metrizable in general, one can characterize weak compactness using sequences.
Chennai-based NeoMotion, who won second place, makes bespoke wheelchairs, designed to ensure accurate posture, energy conservation and compactness to enhance accessibility and mobility.
Definitions Various definitions of compactness may apply, depending on the level of generality.
Closed sets also give a useful characterization of compactness: a topological space X is compact if and only if every collection of nonempty closed subsets of X with empty intersection admits a finite subcollection with empty intersection.
Conversely, for many deductive systems, it is possible to prove the completeness theorem as an effective consequence of the compactness theorem.
Finally, some questions arising from model theory (such as compactness for infinitary logics) have been shown to be equivalent to large cardinal axioms.