A set of subsets of a set (or space) containing the empty subset. The elements of the paving are called stones. A set $ \Omega $
together with a paving $ {\mathcal C} $
forms a paved space $ ( \Omega , {\mathcal C} ) $.
A compact paving (a compact paved space) is a paving $ {\mathcal C} $(
a paved space $ ( \Omega , {\mathcal C} ) $)
with the finite intersection property: for every finite subset $ \{ C _ {1} \dots C _ {n} \} \subset {\mathcal C} $,
$ \cap _ {i=} 1 ^ {n} C _ {i} $
is non-empty.
[a1] | M.M. Rao, "Measure theory and integration" , Wiley (Interscience) (1987) pp. Chapt. 7 |