Re: Questioning the defintions of set and element.

In article <tAqSj.1338$_f5.95@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mark" <user@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Virgil" <Virgil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <wKpSj.1014$NZ7.376@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mark" <user@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:


I was basically asking whether elements in a set need to share something
in
common.

Other than membership in that set, no!

Then why would they be in a set in the first place?

Because its there! Edmund Hillary understood!

Can you provide me with an example of a set whose elements have nothing in
common with each other, other than the fact that they belong to the set?

I will not. I will let you worry about whether I can or not.
.

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