Lebesgue number
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The Lebesgue number of an open cover C of a metric space (X, d) is a real number <math>\delta > 0</math> such that if a subset A of X has diameter less than <math>\delta</math>, then A is contained in at least one element of C. If X is compact, then it has at least one Lebesgue number.