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What is $X$, it doesn't seem to be a set in the usual mathematical sense, even though it's often referred to as one
It's often used as a "set of values", however, it's not a set as there's no repetition in a set.
Also operations such as $X^2$ are carried out, which will apply the operation to each element in the "set".
So I'm wondering what this $X$ is actually…
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