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Re: Set Theory Woes



vecu'u le notci po'u <883185433.1523055.0@listserv.cuny.edu> la Ashley
Yakeley <AshleyB@HALCYON.COM> cu cusku di'e
>
>For instance, "lu'i ti joi ta" is the set {this, that} (two things the
>speaker is pointing at). It's just as much a "mathematical" set as a
>"linguistic" one. The "mathematical" operations 'number of members',
>'union', 'intersection' etc. all apply the same way.

No, lu'i ti joi ta  is the singleton whose member is this-and-that.

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