Etymology

Kolmogorov space

Today it means: A topological space for which any pair of distinct points are also topologically distinct, i.e., there is an open set which contains one of the points but not the other one. Full definition →

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Named in honor of Andrey Kolmogorov (1903–1987), a Soviet mathematician.

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