Paving
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
A set of subsets of a set (or space) containing the empty subset. The elements of the paving are called stones. A set 
together with a paving 
forms a paved space 
. A compact paving (a compact paved space) is a paving 
(a paved space 
) with the finite intersection property: for every finite subset 
, 
is non-empty.
References
| [a1] | M.M. Rao, "Measure theory and integration" , Wiley (Interscience) (1987) pp. Chapt. 7 |
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Paving. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Paving&oldid=48145