Sequential Covering Class

Definition (Sequential covering class)

Let XX be a set. We say that K2X\mathcal{K}\subseteq 2^{X} is a sequential covering class of XX if and only if

  1. K\emptyset\in\mathcal{K}
  2. AX, (Ek)k1K:Ak=1Ek\forall A\subseteq X,\ \exists(E_{k})_{k\ge 1}\subseteq \mathcal{K}:A\subseteq \cup_{k=1}^{\infty}E_{k}

Example

  1. X=R,K={[a,b):a<b}X=\mathbb{R},\,\mathcal{K}=\{ [a,b):a<b \}
  2. X=Rn,K={[a1,b1)××[an,bn),a1<b1,,an<bn}X=\mathbb{R}^{n},\, \mathcal{K}=\{ [a_{1},b_{1})\times\dots \times[a_{n},b_{n}),a_{1}<b_{1},\dots,a_{n}<b_{n} \}

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