Quasimeasure

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nonnegative increasing semiadditive set function defined on a ring of sets that is continuous above the origin and takes its values in the extended domain of real numbers.

    "Motivated by the Arzel\`a-Ascoli theorem for Cᵇ(X,E), where X is an^([sic]) Euclidean space and E an arbitrary Banach space, we construct a quasimeasure for this space and study its properties."

  2. 2
    An imprecise means of measuring something.

    "Performative regimes (see Power, 1997, 2004; Strathern, 2000) in many countries now judge the worth of an academic by the number of their publications, or through some quasimeasure of quality such as download data or citations for the paper."

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"Motivated by the Arzel\`a-Ascoli theorem for Cᵇ(X,E), where X is an^([sic]) Euclidean space and E an arbitrary Banach space, we construct a quasimeasure for this space and study its properties."

Etymology

From quasi- + measure.

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