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Where does “supremum” come from?

supremum (English) comes from Latin supremum — nominative neuter singular of suprēmus;...

supremum (English): Given a subset "X" of R, the smallest real number...

Definitions

  1. Given a subset "X" of R, the smallest real number...

Ancestry of “supremum”, step by step

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1Latinsupremumnominative neuter singular of suprēmus;...
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