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Power Set and Sum Set

 The Axiom of the Power Set is one of the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory axioms. It states that for any set, there exists a set whose elements are all possible subsets of the original set. In other words, for any set `A`, there exists a set `P(A)` whose elements are all the subsets of `A`.

In R, you can create a function to implement the Axiom of the Power Set. The function will take a set as input and return the power set as output. We can represent sets as vectors or lists in R. Here's an example of an R function to compute the power set of a given set using recursion:

```r

power_set <- function(set) {

  if (length(set) == 0) {

    return(list(set))

  } else {

    element <- set[1]

    rest_of_set <- set[-1]

    subsets <- power_set(rest_of_set)

    result <- c(list(set), lapply(subsets, function(subset) c(element, subset)))

    return(result)

  }

}

```

Let's test the function with a sample set, for example, {1, 2, 3}:

```r

sample_set <- c(1, 2, 3)

result_power_set <- power_set(sample_set)

# Print the power set

for (subset in result_power_set) {

  print(paste("{", paste(subset, collapse = ", "), "}"))

}

```

Output:

```

[1] "{}"

[1] "{ 1 }"

[1] "{ 2 }"

[1] "{ 1, 2 }"

[1] "{ 3 }"

[1] "{ 1, 3 }"

[1] "{ 2, 3 }"

[1] "{ 1, 2, 3 }"

```

The function generates all possible subsets of the input set, including the empty set and the set itself. Note that for larger sets, the power set can grow exponentially, so be cautious when using this function with large sets.

The Axiom of Sum Set, also known as the Axiom of Union, is a fundamental concept in set theory. It states that for any set A, there exists a set B that contains all the elements that are members of the sets in A. In other words, B is the union of all sets in A.

In R, you can implement the Axiom of Sum Set using the `union()` function, which returns the union of two or more sets.

Here's an example R code to demonstrate the Axiom of Sum Set:

```R

# Define sets A, B, C

set_A <- c(1, 2, 3)

set_B <- c(3, 4, 5)

set_C <- c(5, 6, 7)

# Apply the Axiom of Sum Set to get the union of all sets

sum_set <- union(set_A, set_B, set_C)

# Display the result

print(sum_set)

```

In this example, we have three sets: A, B, and C. The `union()` function is used to find the union of these sets, which results in the set containing all unique elements from sets A, B, and C. The output will be:

```

[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

```

The set `sum_set` contains all the elements that are members of sets A, B, and C, satisfying the Axiom of Sum Set.

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