In mathematics, the power set (or powerset) of any set S, written, P(S), ℘(S) or 2S, is the set of all subsets of S, including the empty set and S itself. In axiomatic set theory (as developed, for example, in the ZFC axioms), the existence of the power set of any set is postulated by the axiom of power set.
Any subset of is called a family of sets over S.
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