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- adjective of a topological space  Such that any two points havedisjoint neighborhoods .
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								Further, the solution space moduli space is non-Hausdorff, which makes things complicated. Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009 
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								(Lindenbaum-Tarski algebras and model theory), set theory (fields of sets), topology (totally disconnected compact Hausdorff spaces), foundations of set theory (Boolean-valued models), measure theory The Mathematics of Boolean Algebra Monk, J. Donald 2009 
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								Pure math research into the Hausdorff metric geometry proved no two sets have exactly 19 elements in any given location between them. 
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								The foundational nature of renormalization is encoded in the renormalization group equation, Wilson and Polchinski, which has a fluid mechanics analogue and describes a Hausdorff dimension for the scalability of the theory. Dark Matter: Still Dark. Julianne 2008 
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								As for fractals, there is a Hausdorff dimension with the renormalization group of running parameters. Dark Matter: Still Dark. Julianne 2008 
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								Interestingly the moduli space for general relativity, due to the hyperbolic nature of the connection one-forms, is non-Hausdorff. Does Space Expand? Sean 2008 
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								Building on the work of Hausdorff, Banach and Tarski derive from The Axiom of Choice Bell, John L. 2008 
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								In one direction, an arbitrary Boolean algebra yields a topological space, and in the other direction, from a (compact Hausdorff and totally disconnected) topological space, one obtains a Boolean algebra. Category Theory Marquis, Jean-Pierre 2007 
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								Hausdorff paradox: There exists a countable subset C of the sphere S such that SC is equidecomposable with two copies of itself. Recently Uploaded Slideshows ANEEK 2010 
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								There he came across the idea of the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension - the revelation that there were phenomena that existed outside one-dimensional space, but in somewhat less than two dimensions. 
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