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  • adjective of a topological space Such that any two points have disjoint neighborhoods.

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From the eponym Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942).

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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

  • (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

  • Pure math research into the Hausdorff metric geometry proved no two sets have exactly 19 elements in any given location between them.

    College Academic All-Stars: Third Team 2007

  • 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

  • As for fractals, there is a Hausdorff dimension with the renormalization group of running parameters.

    Dark Matter: Still Dark. Julianne 2008

  • 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

  • Building on the work of Hausdorff, Banach and Tarski derive from

    The Axiom of Choice Bell, John L. 2008

  • 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

  • Hausdorff paradox: There exists a countable subset C of the sphere S such that SC is equidecomposable with two copies of itself.

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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.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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