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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, an <b>index set</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=set_%28mathematics%29">set</a> whose members label (or index) members of another set. For instance, if the elements of a set  may be indexed or labeled by means of the elements of a set , then  is an index set. The indexing consists of a <a href="page.php?w=surjective_function">surjective function</a> from  onto , and the indexed collection is typically called an <a href="page.php?w=indexed_family">indexed family</a>, often written as .</p>

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