Associations to the word «Compactification»

Wiktionary

COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (topology) Any of various procedures of enlarging a topological space to make it compact.
COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (topology) The space resulting from any such procedure.
COMPACTIFICATION, noun. (physics) Any modification of a theory such that an infinite parameter becomes finite

Wise words

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