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= Quotient by an equivalence relation
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In mathematics, particularly in set theory and algebra, the concept of a quotient by an equivalence relation is an important one. When you have a set \\( S \\) and an equivalence relation \\( \\sim \\) defined on that set, you can partition the set into disjoint subsets, known as equivalence classes.