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- noun Alternative spelling of
power set .
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The name powerset doesn’t sound Bombastic or breathetaking.
PowerHype At Powerset Michael Arrington 2005
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Captain Dynamo is a minor superhumanoperating inthe already-clogged skies of the Image Universe, and is what Alan Moore deemed “A Wylie,” one of those superhuman characters whose primary characteristic is super-strength generally seen with flight and eyebeams, what we call the Kryptonian powerset.
Dynamo 5 #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Myhill's crucial observation was that powerset is not needed for constructive mathematics Bishop-style, as it can be replaced by one of its consequences.
Set Theory: Constructive and Intuitionistic ZF Crosilla, Laura 2009
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Having introduced appropriate constraints to powerset and separation, we could now face a substantial objection.
Set Theory: Constructive and Intuitionistic ZF Crosilla, Laura 2009
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From a constructive point of view, powerset is seen as problematic because “we have no idea of what an arbitrary subset of an infinite set is; there is no way of generating them all and so we have no way to form the set of all of them” (Myhill 1975, 354).
Set Theory: Constructive and Intuitionistic ZF Crosilla, Laura 2009
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This streak of good natured positivity was very unusual among the V.4 Legionnaires, and combines with his powerset to give Kent a very familiar place on the team.
Hero History: Kent Shakespeare | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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(W, N, [], f), where W is a non-empty set of worlds (index points), N is a non-empty subset of W, [] is a function from propositional parameters to the powerset of W; we may, for convenience, see the range of [] as comprising propositions (sets of worlds at which various sentences are true), and so call the values of [] propositions.
Curry's Paradox Beall, JC 2008
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N of natural numbers form a subalgebra of the powerset Boolean algebra 2N not isomorphic to the free Boolean algebra, but it has atoms, namely the singleton sets.
Algebra Pratt, Vaughan 2007
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Now, if CoH released a powerset that included wall crawling, throwing glowing playing cards, or stretching yourself out, I'd say that they have a case.
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They should merge with powerset since they have so many synergies – great PR but jacks*** for real technology. reply
Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown. Michael Arrington 2005
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