It could be defined that way. But your set is in a way more difficult to resolve as it has only one element. In the diagram the number of elements (4 sets) of the set is equal to the number 4 i.e. a set defines a number by simply counting its elements.
There are probably some other nice properties if you define it that way.
Isn’t four {{{{{}}}}}? The diagram shows more than that.
No, that’s not how it’s implemented in zfs. Probably to make implementing the basic arithmetic operations easier.
TIL, thanks.
It could be defined that way. But your set is in a way more difficult to resolve as it has only one element. In the diagram the number of elements (4 sets) of the set is equal to the number 4 i.e. a set defines a number by simply counting its elements.
There are probably some other nice properties if you define it that way.
Gotcha, thank you.