"Stone space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Stone spaces [plural]
Etymology: Named after Marshall Harvey Stone (1903–1989), an American mathematician. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Stone space (plural Stone spaces)
  1. (topology, logic) A topological space constructed from a Boolean algebra, whose points are ultrafilters on the algebra. Wikipedia link: Stone space Categories (topical): Logic, Topology

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