Null Set

In mathematics, a null set is a set that is negligible in some sense. For different applications, the meaning of "negligible" varies. In measure theory, any set of measure 0 is called a null set (or simply a measure-zero set). More generally, whenever an ideal is taken as understood, then a null set is any element of that ideal.

The remainder of this article discusses the measure-theoretic notion.

Read more about Null Set:  Definition, Properties, Lebesgue Measure, Uses

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