Baire space
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Any space in which the Baire theorem on complete spaces is valid.
The metric space the points of which are infinite sequences 
of natural numbers, and the distance is given by the formula:
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where 
is the first natural number 
for which 
. This is a complete metric separable zero-dimensional space containing the topological image of any metric separable zero-dimensional space.
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Baire space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Baire_space&oldid=18092
Baire space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Baire_space&oldid=18092
This article was adapted from an original article by P.S. Aleksandrov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article