Stone space

English

Etymology

Named after Marshall Harvey Stone (1903–1989), an American mathematician.

Noun

Stone space (plural Stone spaces)

  1. (topology, logic) A topological space constructed from a Boolean algebra, whose points are ultrafilters on the algebra.
    For every Boolean algebra there is a Boolean ring corresponding to it. The prime spectrum of a Boolean ring is a Stone space.
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