Partition of a Set

A Partition of a Set is a family of sets that represents set [math]\displaystyle{ X }[/math] as a union of non-overlapping and non-empty subsets.

• See: Mathematics, Set (Mathematics), Collectively Exhaustive, Mutually Exclusive.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/partition_of_a_set Retrieved:2014-4-21.
  • In mathematics, a partition of a set X is a division of X as a union of non-overlapping and non-empty subsets, sometimes called “parts” or “blocks” or “cells". More formally, these "cells" are both collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive with respect to the set being partitioned.

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