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= Solution

Put $B=T\cap S$. By <distributivity>, $g(A)=B\cup(T\cap A)$ and $B\subseteq T$. Consequently,
$$
\begin{aligned}
g(g(A))&=B\cup\bigl(T\cap(B\cup(T\cap A))\bigr)\\
&=B\cup(T\cap B)\cup(T\cap A)\\
&=B\cup(T\cap A)=g(A).
\end{aligned}
$$
Here we used <associativity>, <distributivity>, and <idempotence> of <set intersection> and <set union>. The equality holds for every $A\in\mathcal P(U)$, so \b[$g\circ g=g$]: $g$ is an <idempotent function>.

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