"Besicovitch set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Besicovitch sets [plural]
Etymology: Named after Russian mathematician Abram Besicovitch. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Besicovitch set (plural Besicovitch sets)
  1. (mathematics) Synonym of Kakeya set (“set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction”) Wikipedia link: Abram Besicovitch Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: Kakeya set [synonym, synonym-of]

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