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  2. Finite set - Wikipedia

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    That is, the power set ℘ of a finite set S is finite, with cardinality | |. Any subset of a finite set is finite. The set of values of a function when applied to elements of a finite set is finite. All finite sets are countable, but not all countable sets are finite. (Some authors, however, use "countable" to mean "countably infinite", so do ...

  3. Set-theoretic definition of natural numbers - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a finite set is given independently of natural numbers: [3] Definition: A set is finite if and only if any non empty family of its subsets has a minimal element for the inclusion order. Definition: a cardinal n is a natural number if and only if there exists a finite set of which the cardinal is n. 0 = Card (∅)

  4. Paradoxes of set theory - Wikipedia

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    The set E of all finite definitions of real numbers is a subset of A. As A is countable, so is E. Let p be the nth decimal of the nth real number defined by the set E; we form a number N having zero for the integral part and p + 1 for the nth decimal if p is not equal either to 8 or 9, and unity if p is equal to 8 or 9.

  5. Baire space (set theory) - Wikipedia

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    The basic open sets of the product topology are cylinder sets.These can be characterized as: If any finite set of natural number coordinates I={i} is selected, and for each i a particular natural number value v i is selected, then the set of all infinite sequences of natural numbers that have value v i at position i is a basic open set.

  6. Set (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A set of polygons in an Euler diagram This set equals the one depicted above since both have the very same elements.. In mathematics, a set is a collection of different [1] things; [2] [3] [4] these things are called elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects of any kind: numbers, symbols, points in space, lines, other geometrical shapes, variables, or even other ...

  7. Examples of vector spaces - Wikipedia

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    Consider the space of all functions from X to F which vanish on all but a finite number of points in X. This space is a vector subspace of F X, the space of all possible functions from X to F. To see this, note that the union of two finite sets is finite, so that the sum of two functions in this space will still vanish outside a finite set.

  8. Discrete mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Set theory is the branch of mathematics that studies sets, which are collections of objects, such as {blue, white, red} or the (infinite) set of all prime numbers. Partially ordered sets and sets with other relations have applications in several areas. In discrete mathematics, countable sets (including finite sets) are the main focus.

  9. Counting - Wikipedia

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    Number blocks, which can be used for counting. Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects; that is, determining the size of a set. . The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every element of the set, in some order, while marking (or displacing) those elements to avoid visiting the ...