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<p>defined by an <a href="page.php?w=indicator_function">indicator function</a> </p>

<p>Then  is called a singleton if and only if there is some  such that for all </p>

<p><big>Definition in Principia Mathematica</big></p>
<p>The following definition was introduced in <a href="page.php?w=Principia_Mathematica">Principia Mathematica</a> by <a href="page.php?w=Alfred_North_Whitehead">Whitehead</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Bertrand_Russell">Russell</a>: <br/>
:<b><i> </i>'Df.<b>The symbol </b><b>' denotes the singleton  and  denotes the class of objects identical</b></b></p><p>
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