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Calculate | P ( P ( A ) ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(A)) | if A is the Empty Set and P ( X ) \mathcal{P}(X) means "the power set of set X X ."

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Zandra Vinegar Staff
Oct 18, 2015

If A = The Empty Set, = { } \emptyset = \{\} , then

P ( P ( A ) ) = { { } , { { } } } \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(A)) =\{ \color{#D61F06}{\{\}}, \color{#3D99F6}{\{\{\}\}}\}

The power set of the empty set is not the empty set, it is a set which contains one element, the empty set. The power set of that set is a set with two elements: the empty set, and a set which contains the empty set. So the answer is 2.

P ( P ( A ) ) = 2 |\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(A))|= 2

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Akhil Bansal - 5 years, 7 months ago
Daniel Heiß
Aug 22, 2016

Simply use P ( X ) = 2 X . \left|\mathcal{P}(X)\right|=2^{|X|}. In this case P ( ) = 2 0 = 1 |\mathcal{P}(\emptyset)|=2^0=1 and then P ( P ( ) ) = 2 1 = 2 |\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(\emptyset))|=2^1=2 .

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