Field of sets
In mathematics a field of sets is a pair ![\langle X, \mathcal{F} \rangle](/Images/godic/202502/13/db167233f6c4109f61c41b9c86b1339d0803.png")
where ![X](/Images/godic/202502/13/02129bb861061d1a052c592e2dc6b3830803.png")
is a set and ![\mathcal{F}](/Images/godic/202502/13/26afd73f8c17f310707120691ccc4a350803.png")
is an algebra over i.e., a non-empty subset of the power set of closed under the intersection and union of pairs of sets and under complements of individual sets. In other words, forms a subalgebra of the power set Boolean algebra of . (Many authors refer to itself as a field of sets. The word "field" in "field of sets" is not used with the meaning of field from field theory.) Elements of are called points and those of are called complexes and are said to be the admissible sets of .