Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem

Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem
/bohl zah"noh vuy"euhr shtrahs', -strahs', bohlt sah"-/, Math.
the theorem that every bounded set with an infinite number of elements contains at least one accumulation point.
[named after B. BOLZANO and K. Weierstrass (1815-97), German mathematician]

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