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metacompact (Definition)

A topological space is said to be metacompact if every open cover has an open point finite refinement.



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See Also: point finite

Other names:  pointwise paracompact, weakly paracompact
Also defines:  metacompactness
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Cross-references: refinement, point finite, open, open cover, topological space
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This is version 2 of metacompact, born on 2006-07-22, modified 2006-09-27.
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AMS MSC: 54-00 (General topology :: General reference works )
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