Etymology

Scott-open

Today it means: Of a subset O of a partially ordered set P: such that it is an upper set and is inaccessible by directed joins, i.e. all directed sets D with supremum in O have non-empty intersection with O. Full definition →

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The story

Named after the mathematician Dana Scott.

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