I worked this theory : https://mathoverflow.net/questions/317668/a-new-generalization-of-the-dimension I have a theorem about dimensions which is more general and simple than for matroids. > **Definition 1:** A *structure* $S$, is a pair $(X, \mathcal T)$ with $X$ a set and $\mathcal T$ a set of subsets of $X$ which is stable with respect to arbitrary intersections, with $X \in \mathcal T$. > **Definition 2:** For $U \subset X$, we denote $\langle U\rangle_S:=\bigcap \limits_{F \in \mathcal T, U \subset F} F$. >**Definition 3:** For a structure $S=(X,\mathcal T)$, we say the set $U\neq \emptyset$ is *free* if $$ \forall u \in U,\ u \notin \langle v \mid v \in U,v\neq u \rangle_S $$ > **Definition 4:** For a structure $S=(X,\mathcal T)$, we say this structure *has a dimension* if $\forall U \subset X$ free and $v \notin \langle U\rangle_S$, the set $U \cup \{v\}$ is free. > **Definition 5:** For a structure $S=(X,\mathcal T)$ and $F \in \mathcal T$, we denote $\dim(F)=n$ if the largest free set of $F$ has a cardinality of $n$. > **Theorem 1:** For a structure $S=(X,\mathcal T)$ with a dimension and $E,F \in \mathcal T$, if $\dim(E)=\dim(F)<\infty$ and $E \subset F$ then $E=F$ > **Theorem 2:** For a structure $S=(X,\mathcal T)$ with $V \subset\langle U\rangle_S$, if $\text{card}(U)<\text{card}(V)$ then $V$ is not free. **Example 1:** $S=(\mathbb R,\mathcal F)$, the closed sets of reals, is a structure with a dimension, and the $\dim(\mathbb R)=\text{card}(\mathbb N)$, because if $A \subset \mathbb R$ with $\text{card}(A)>\text{card}(\mathbb N)$ then it exists $(a_n) \in A^{\mathbb N}$ injective with $\lim a_n=c$ and $c \in A$. **Example 2:** $S=(X=C([0,1],\mathbb R),\mathcal F)$, the closed sets for the uniform norm $||.||_{\infty}$, it's a structure with a dimension, we know $\langle \mathbb Q[x] \rangle_S=X$ and $\text{card}(\mathbb Q[x])=\text{card}(\mathbb N)$, so by theorem2, if $V \subset X$ with $\text{card}(V)>\text{card}(\mathbb N)$ then $V$ has an accumulation point, for the uniform norm. *Question: Is this generalization of the dimension already known?*