Definition:Star Refinement

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Definition

Let $S$ be a set.

Let $\CC$ be a cover for $S$.


Let $\VV$ be a cover for $S$ such that:

$ \forall x \in S: \exists U \in \CC: x^* \subseteq U$

where $x^*$ is the star of $x$ with respect to $\VV$.


That is:

$\ds x^* := \bigcup \set {V \in \VV: x \in V}$

the union of all sets in $\VV$ which contain $x$.


Then $\VV$ is a star refinement of $\CC$.


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