Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem
[ bohl-zah-noh-vahy-er-shtrahs, -strahs, bohlt-sah- ]
/ boʊlˈzɑ noʊˈvaɪ ərˌʃtrɑs, -ˌstrɑs, boʊltˈsɑ- /
noun Mathematics.
the theorem that every bounded set with an infinite number of elements contains at least one accumulation point.
Origin of Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem
named after B.
Bolzano and K.
Weierstrass (1815–97), German mathematician