empty set
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empty sets
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Other examples are the axiom of the empty set, which states that a set without elements exists, and the axiom of pairing, according to which two sets with the same elements are equal.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023
"I look insane when we shoot those scenes because ultimately I'm on an empty set talking and reacting to nothing. It's very much about imagination," she wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2020
In Briggs, the court found no substantial government justification, a veritable empty set to weigh against the unindicted individual’s interests.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2017
Notice that with mutually exclusive events, the intersection of and is the empty set.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Remembering what had happened last time, I waited to see which empty set of chairs Elliot would choose.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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