Helly dimension

noun

Helly dimension

noun

Etymology Named after Eduard Helly.

1

Combinatorics, Mathematics, Sciences A value associated with a metric space, being one less than the Helly number of the family of metric balls in that space.

  • Helly's theorem implies that the Helly dimension of a Euclidean space equals its dimension as a real vector space.

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