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``some suggestions'' by kfgauss70 on 2007-12-27 18:54:46
Hi, I've some suggestions to improve the multiset definiton.

1) Multiset is also known as bag
2) in the formal definition represent f:X\to{1,2,3,...} - avoid the use of "function mapping"
3) in the formal definition say, "A multiset M is a pair..." and conclude saying "f(x) if the multiplicity of x in M"
4) stress two possible way of representing a multiset, as sequence of (element,multiplicity) pairs or as collection of objects, each repeated with its multiplicity {...}

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