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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a> and <a href="page.php?w=physics">physics</a>, the term <b>generator</b> or <b>generating set</b> may refer to any of a number of related concepts.  The underlying concept in each case is that of a smaller <a href="page.php?w=set_%28mathematics%29">set</a> of objects, together with a set of <a href="page.php?w=Operation_%28mathematics%29">operation</a>s that can be applied to it, that result in the creation of a larger collection of objects, called the <b>generated set</b>.  The larger set is</p><p>
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