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Re: Motion 13 and the empty set



On 5/5/2010 11:40 AM, Ulrich Kulisch wrote:
Vincent Lefevre schrieb:
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 Therefore my question: DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN IMPOTANT APPLICATION WHERE
THE EMPTY SET APPEARS AS AN OPERAND IN AN OPERATION OR A COMPARISON?


I would think the most common occurrence of the empty set would be
in union and intersection (either as an operand or as a result).
Are we considering union and intersection as operations?

Baker



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