Field of sets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_sets
A field of sets is a mathematical structure consisting of a pair ⟨X, 𝓕⟩ where X is a set and 𝓕 is a family of subsets of X called an algebra over X that contains the empty set as an element (identity), and is closed under the operations of taking complements in X, finite unions, and finite intersections.
Equivalently, an algebra over X is a subset 𝓕 of the power set of X such that
∅ ∈ 𝓕 (𝓕 has the identity element)
∀A ∈ 𝓕. A' ∈ 𝓕 (𝓕 is closed under compliment)
∀AB ∈ 𝓕. A B ∈ 𝓕 (𝓕 is closed under intersection)
∀AB ∈ 𝓕. A ∪ B ∈ 𝓕 (𝓕 is closed under union)
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