Quotient function

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• Quotients

Given a set X and an equivalence relation ~ on X.

 Then the quotient set X/~ is the set of equivalence classes {[x]: x∈X}.
 The function q: X → X/~ given by q(x) = [x] is called the quotient function.

See also:

• New sets from old
• Quotient maps.