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aliases: [empty set, null set]
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#sets-functions
## Definition
> [!tldr] Definition
> The **empty set** or **null set** is the [[Set|set]] that has no elements in it. We denote the empty set $\emptyset$.
Notes:
- The empty set is a [[Subset|subset]] of every set (including itself) because of the way [[Conditional statements]] are used in the definition of "subset".