Large set

Large set

In mathematics, the term "large set" is sometimes used to refer to any set that is large in some sense. It has specialized meanings in three branches of mathematics:
*Large set (category theory)
*Large set (combinatorics)
*Large set (Ramsey theory)

ee also

*Natural density
*Small set


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