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In [[mathematics]], the '''Cartesian product''' of two sets ''X'' and ''Y'' is the set of [[ordered pair]]s from ''X'' and ''Y''.
In [[mathematics]], the '''Cartesian product''' of two sets ''X'' and ''Y'' is the set of [[ordered pair]]s from ''X'' and ''Y''.
==References==
* {{cite book | author=Paul Halmos | authorlink=Paul Halmos | title=Naive set theory | series=The University Series in Undergraduate Mathematics | publisher=[[Van Nostrand Reinhold]] | year=1960  pages=24 }}
* {{cite book | author=Keith J. Devlin | authorlink=Keith Devlin | title=Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory | series=Universitext | publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]] | year=1979 | isbn=0-387-90441-7 | pages=12 }}

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In mathematics, the Cartesian product of two sets X and Y is the set of ordered pairs from X and Y.

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