"quotient set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quotient sets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quotient set (plural quotient sets)
  1. (mathematics, given some set and an equivalence relation on that set) the set consisting of all equivalence classes Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: quotient topology (english: a topology on a quotient set derived from a topology on the generating set), quotient space (english: a topological space constructed by endowing the quotient set with its quotient topology)
    Sense id: en-quotient_set-en-noun-hpve6Byf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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