Much of this section will be dumped at Section "Website front-end for a mathematical formal proof system" instead.
A proof in some system for the formalization of mathematics.
Intuitively: unordered container where all the values are unique, just like C++
std::set
.More precisely for set theory formalization of mathematics:
- everything is a set, including the elements of sets
- string manipulation wise:
Set of ordered pairs. That's it! This is illustrated at: math.stackexchange.com/questions/1480651/is-fx-x-1-x-2-a-function/1481099#1481099
Forms both a:
- division algebra if thought of with complex multiplication as the bilinear map of the algebra
- field
Sets are unordered, but we can use them to create ordered objects, which are of fundamental importance. Notably, they are used in the definition of functions.