Set theory

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Set theory is a branch of mathematics that deals with the grouping of objects into sets,[1] and a range of operations on those sets, such as functions, relations, union (set theory), and intersection (set theory).

References

  1. Felix Hausdorff (1957), Set Theory (2nd ed.), Chelsea Publishing