Cantor-Bendixson theorem

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A theorem which (in a simpler formulation) states that a closed uncountable set in Euclidean n-space is equal to the disjoint union of a perfect set and a countable set.

Origin

• Named after Georg Cantor (1845–1918), a German mathematician who invented set theory, and Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861–1935), a Swedish mathematician.