The term stable set may refer to:
- The independent set in graph theory, the set of vertices of a graph not directly connected by edges.
- The stable set in dynamical systems, the set of points leading up to an attractor.
- The stable set (also known as the Von Neumann-Morgenstern solution) in cooperative games: a set of alternatives satisfying the internal and external stability conditions.
Famous quotes containing the words stable and/or set:
“In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can’t long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
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—Frances E. Willard (1839–1898)