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The '''Empty Set''' (generally denoted <math>\emptyset</math> or <math>\varnothing</math>) is the (unique) [[set]] containing no elements. It is therefore a [[subset]] of every set.\
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The '''Empty Set''' (generally denoted <math>\emptyset</math> or <math>\varnothing</math>) is the (unique) [[set]] containing no elements. It is therefore a [[subset]] of every set.
In Set Theory, this is the only set that we know exists. All other sets must be formed using the EmptySet and a series of axioms. Thus, in a sense, the Empty Set is the basis of all mathematics as we know it - the "nothing" from which everything is formed.
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In Set Theory, this is the only set that we know exists. All other sets must be formed using the EmptySet and a series of [[axioms]]. Thus, in a sense, the Empty Set is the basis of all [[mathematics]] as we know it - the "nothing" from which everything is formed.
  
 
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Revision as of 04:05, 28 March 2011

The Empty Set (generally denoted $\emptyset$ or $\varnothing$) is the (unique) set containing no elements. It is therefore a subset of every set.


In Set Theory, this is the only set that we know exists. All other sets must be formed using the EmptySet and a series of axioms. Thus, in a sense, the Empty Set is the basis of all mathematics as we know it - the "nothing" from which everything is formed.

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