Approximately-compact set

A set having the property of approximate compactness. A metric projection on any approximately-compact Chebyshev set is continuous. Examples of approximately-compact sets include boundedly-compact sets and closed convex sets in the spaces $L_p$ ($0<p<\infty$), and the set of rational fractions in which the degrees of the numerator and denominator are constant. In approximation theory and in the theory of ill-posed problems frequent use is made of spaces in which all closed sets are approximately compact.

References

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[2]	L.P. Vlasov, "Approximative properties of sets in normed linear spaces" Russian Math. Surveys , 28 : 6 (1973) pp. 1–66 Uspekhi Mat. Nauk , 28 : 6 (1973) pp. 3–66