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noun
the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
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Origin of set theory
First recorded in 1940–45
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British Dictionary definitions for set theory
set theory
noun
maths the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and interrelationships of sets
logic a theory constructed within first-order logic that yields the mathematical theory of classes, esp one that distinguishes sets from proper classes as a means of avoiding certain paradoxes
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