Rigorous Reasoning

Concept · Foundations

Set

A well-defined collection of distinct objects, considered as a single mathematical object; the objects are called elements or members of the set.

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The set is the primitive building block of modern mathematics and the semantic foundation on which most formal logic rests.

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