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<p>the application operator can be used to cut down on the number of parentheses needed in an expression. For example;</p>

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:</p>

<p>can be rewritten as:</p>

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<p>This can be equivalently expressed using <a href="page.php?w=function_composition">function composition</a> as:</p>

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:</p>

<p>or even:</p>

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<p>if one considers  to be a <a href="page.php?w=constant_function">constant function</a> returning .</p>

<p><big> Set theory </big></p>
<p>In <a href="page.php?w=axiomatic_set_theory">axiomatic set theory</a>, especially <a href="page.php?w=Zermelo-Fraenkel_set_theory">Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory</a>,</p><p>
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