Size Pair

In size theory, a size pair is a pair, where is a compact topological space and is a continuous function . The function is called a measuring function. The topological space is usually assumed to be also a locally connected and Hausdorff space.

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    Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)

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