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A family <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/l/l060/l060400/l0604001.png" /> of sets such that every point of the space has a neighbourhood that intersects only finitely many elements of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/l/l060/l060400/l0604002.png" />. Locally finite families of open sets and locally finite open coverings are important. Thus, a [[Regular space|regular space]] is metrizable if and only if has a base that splits into countably many locally finite families. Any open covering of a [[Metric space|metric space]] can be refined to a locally finite open covering. Spaces that have this property are called paracompact (cf. [[Paracompact space|Paracompact space]]).
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Locally finite families of open sets and locally finite open coverings are important. Thus, a [[Regular space|regular space]] is metrizable if and only if has a base that splits into countably many locally finite families. Any open covering of a [[Metric space|metric space]] can be refined to a locally finite open covering. Spaces that have this property are called paracompact (cf. [[Paracompact space|Paracompact space]]).
  
 
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See also [[Locally finite covering|Locally finite covering]].
 
See also [[Locally finite covering|Locally finite covering]].

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of sets in a topological space

A family $ F $ of sets such that every point of the space has a neighbourhood that intersects only finitely many elements of $ F $. Locally finite families of open sets and locally finite open coverings are important. Thus, a regular space is metrizable if and only if has a base that splits into countably many locally finite families. Any open covering of a metric space can be refined to a locally finite open covering. Spaces that have this property are called paracompact (cf. Paracompact space).

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See also Locally finite covering.

How to Cite This Entry:
Locally finite family. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Locally_finite_family&oldid=47695
This article was adapted from an original article by A.V. Arkhangel'skii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article