Dedekind

[ dey-di-kind; German dey-duh-kint ]

noun

1. Ju·li·us Wil·helm Rich·ard [jool, -y, uh, s , wil, -helm , rich, -erd, yoo, -lee-, oo, s , vil, -helm , rikh, -ah, r, t], 1831–1916, German mathematician.

Dedekind

/ ˈdedəˌkɪnt /

noun

1. Dedekind(Julius Wilhelm) Richard18311916MGermanSCIENCE: mathematician ( Julius Wilhelm ) Richard (ˈjuːlɪʊs ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈrixɑːt). 1831–1916, German mathematician, who devised a way (the Dedekind cut ) of according irrational and rational numbers the same status

Example Sentences

It follows from axioms 1-12 by projection that the Dedekind property is true for all lines.

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The last axiom of order is that there exists at least one straight line for which the point order possesses the Dedekind property.

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An open series is continuous if it is compact and possesses the Dedekind property.

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Thus the definitions of compactness and of the Dedekind property can be at once transferred to a closed series.

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The Dedekind property holds for the order of the points on any straight line.

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