If a set
cannot contain repetition, what would be the proper term for a group of items that allowed repetition?
Name of a set that allows repetition
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elementary-set-theory
terminology
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Multisets are sets which allow repetitions, but the order does not matter.
If you wish to allow repetitions and the order does matter, you are looking for a sequence.
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0I never heard that terminology; but then again I haven't really worked with multisets. – 2013-02-24