- contractibility
- noun see contract II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
contractibility
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Contractibility — Con*tract i*bil i*ty, n. Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contractibility — See contract. * * * … Universalium
contractibility — n. ability to be shrunken or reduced … English contemporary dictionary
contractibility — con·tract·ibil·i·ty … English syllables
contractibility — noun see contractility * * * contractibilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑contract … Useful english dictionary
Contractibility of unit sphere in Hilbert space — In topology, it is a surprising fact that the unit sphere in (infinite dimensional) Hilbert space is a contractible space, sinceno finite dimensional spheres are contractible.This can be demonstrated in several different ways. Topological proof… … Wikipedia
Kuiper's theorem — In mathematics, Kuiper s theorem (after Nicolaas Kuiper) is a result on the topology of operators on an infinite dimensional, complex Hilbert space H. It states that the space GL(H) of invertible bounded endomorphisms H is such that all maps … Wikipedia
Contractibleness — Con*tract i*ble*ness, n. Contractibility. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dilatability — Di*la ta*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. dilatabilit[ e].] The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; opposed to {contractibility}. Ray. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contract — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin contractus, from contrahere to draw together, make a contract, reduce in size, from com + trahere to draw Date: 14th century 1. a. a binding agreement between two or more persons or … New Collegiate Dictionary
