"hemicontinuous" meaning in English

See hemicontinuous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: hemi- + continuous Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hemi|continuous}} hemi- + continuous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hemicontinuous (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Having the property that if a sequence of points in the domain of a function converges to a point L, then either the sequence of sets that are the images of those points contains a sequence that converges to a point that is in the image of L, or, alternatively, for every element in the image of L, you can find a sub-sequence in the domain whose image contains a convergent sequence to that element. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: hemicontinuity
    Sense id: en-hemicontinuous-en-adj-afNZ3xsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hemi- Topics: mathematics, sciences

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