Equivalence class

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In set theory, an equivalence class is a collection of things that are considered "equal" by some equivalence relation. An equivalence class can be a set or a proper class.

For example, the odd numbers and even numbers are equivalence classes of the integers under the equivalence relation "congruent modulo 2".

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