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The power set of a set <math>X</math> is denoted by <math>\mathcal{P}(X)</math>, sometimes <math>2^X</math> (a number to the power of a set is not defined (as it cannot be usefully defined) leaving it free to be used as notation. This comes from the [[Cardinality|cardinality]] of the power set being <math>2^{|X|}</math>)
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The power set of a a mighty set that fights against all that approachs it
 
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The characteristic property of the power set is that <math>\forall U\subset X:U\in\mathcal{P}(X)</math>
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It is the set of all subsets of <math>X</math>
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Revision as of 07:43, 23 August 2015

The power set of a a mighty set that fights against all that approachs it