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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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