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Is there any notation for referring to a general set of $N$ elements? Currently I'm using $\{1, \dots, N\}$, but the fact that the set consists of natural numbers is irrelevant. I'd prefer to just write something like ${\mathfrak{S}}(N)$. :-)

For instance, I know natural numbers are some times encoded as $0 = \{\}$, $1 = \{0\}$, $2 = \{0, 1\}$. The $N$:th element in such encoding could for instance do.

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    Strange to see no votes on either the question or the answer! (+1 to both).2012-04-27

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