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In this article we study the (Cartesian) Products of sets. As a prelude to it, we examine various definitions offered by different mathematicians to the concept of an ordered pair. The subtle difference between the notions of ordered products of sets and unordered products of sets is highlighted.
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Jampala Madhusudana Rao is at Vijaya Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh. Somerset Maugham said, “It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.” In the same vein, the author believes that, it is unsafe to take yourself for more of a fool than you are.
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Madhusudana Rao, J. Products of sets: Ordered and unordered. Reson 21, 557–564 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0360-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0360-2