Timeline for Why the name 'separable' space?
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| Jan 9, 2011 at 13:05 | comment | added | Zhen Lin | Concerning your specific example: I have seen the phrase "$\mathcal{F}$ separates the points of $X$", yes. I believe it's standard terminology. | |
| Jan 9, 2011 at 12:43 | comment | added | Patrick I-Z | I have a question: do you use in english the verb "to separate" in the same broad meaning than in french? | |
| Jan 9, 2011 at 12:37 | comment | added | Patrick I-Z | No, I just mean that separable has been used for many different situations, the common origin is separability of points by a mean or another. I guess there is no more to look for. | |
| Jan 9, 2011 at 10:02 | comment | added | Martin Brandenburg | This does not explain the terminological connection between "separable" and "existence of countable dense subset" | |
| Jan 9, 2011 at 9:59 | history | edited | Patrick I-Z | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 9, 2011 at 2:54 | history | answered | Patrick I-Z | CC BY-SA 2.5 |