2.3.4 Ordered Pairs

Let $A$ and $B$ be sets.

The ordered pair associated to $A$ and $B$ is the set $\webleft (A,B\webright )$ defined by

\[ \webleft (A,B\webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}\webleft\{ \webleft\{ A\webright\} ,\webleft\{ A,B\webright\} \webright\} . \]

Let $A$ and $B$ be sets.

  1. Uniqueness. Let $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ be sets. The following conditions are equivalent:
    1. We have $\webleft (A,B\webright )=\webleft (C,D\webright )$.
    2. We have $A=C$ and $B=D$.


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