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While the two elements of an ordered pair (''a'', ''b'') need not be distinct, modern authors only call {''a'', ''b''} an unordered pair if ''a'' ≠ ''b''.<ref> |
While the two elements of an ordered pair (''a'', ''b'') need not be distinct, modern authors only call {''a'', ''b''} an unordered pair if ''a'' ≠ ''b''.<ref> |
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But for a few authors a [[Singleton (mathematics)|singleton]] is also considered an unordered pair, although today, most would say that {''a'', ''a''} is a [[multiset]]. It is typical to use the term unordered pair even in the situation where the elements a and b could be equal, as long as this equality has not yet been established. |
But for a few authors a [[Singleton (mathematics)|singleton]] is also considered an unordered pair, although today, most would say that {''a'', ''a''} is a [[multiset]]. It is typical to use the term unordered pair even in the situation where the elements a and b could be equal, as long as this equality has not yet been established. |
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In mathematics, an unordered pair or pair set is a set of the form {a, b}, i.e. a set having two elements a and b with no particular relation between them. In contrast, an ordered pair (a, b) has a as its first element and b as its second element.
While the two elements of an ordered pair (a, b) need not be distinct, modern authors only call {a, b} an unordered pair if a ≠ b.[1][2][3][4] But for a few authors a singleton is also considered an unordered pair, although today, most would say that {a, a} is a multiset. It is typical to use the term unordered pair even in the situation where the elements a and b could be equal, as long as this equality has not yet been established.
A set with precisely two elements is also called a 2-set or (rarely) a binary set.
An unordered pair is a finite set; its cardinality (number of elements) is 2 or (if the two elements are not distinct) 1.
In axiomatic set theory, the existence of unordered pairs is required by an axiom, the axiom of pairing.
More generally, an unordered n-tuple is a set of the form {a1, a2,... an}.[5][6][7]
Notes
- ^ Düntsch, Ivo; Gediga, Günther (2000), Sets, Relations, Functions, Primers Series, Methodos, ISBN 978-1-903280-00-3.
- ^ Fraenkel, Adolf (1928), Einleitung in die Mengenlehre, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag
- ^ Roitman, Judith (1990), Introduction to modern set theory, New York: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-471-63519-2.
- ^ Schimmerling, Ernest (2008), Undergraduate set theory
- ^ Hrbacek, Karel; Jech, Thomas (1999), Introduction to set theory (3rd ed.), New York: Dekker, ISBN 978-0-8247-7915-3.
- ^ Rubin, Jean E. (1967), Set theory for the mathematician, Holden-Day
- ^ Takeuti, Gaisi; Zaring, Wilson M. (1971), Introduction to axiomatic set theory, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag
References
- Enderton, Herbert (1977), Elements of set theory, Boston, MA: Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-238440-0.