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algebra of sets  

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  • In mathematics, the algebra of sets, not to be confused with the mathematical structure of an algebra of sets, defines the properties and laws of sets, the set-theoretic operations of union, intersection, and complementation and the relations of set equality and set inclusion. It also provides systematic procedures for evaluating expressions, and performing calculations, involving these operations and relations. Any set of sets closed under the set-theoretic operations forms a Boolean algebra with the join operator being union, the meet operator being intersection, the complement operator being set complement, the bottom being ∅ and the top being the universe set under consideration.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_of_sets)

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