# Set theory - What is $n(\emptyset) =?$ [closed]

Context from my School Textbook.

A set containing no elements is called the empty set or null set or void set. Reading Notation : The empty set or null set or void set is denoted by the symbol $\emptyset$ or $\{ \}$.

The concept of empty set plays a key role in the study of sets just like the role of the number zero in the study of number system. Think and answer! What is $n(\emptyset)$?

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• What does $n\{\}$ denote? Cardinality? – JohnColtraneisJC Oct 3 '17 at 17:37
• That's where I'm confused. – Harish Raja Oct 3 '17 at 17:38
• If you were to go just a page or two before, I'm sure they would have very explicitly stated what $n(\cdot)$ represents. If you had taken the time to read that, you wouldn't have needed to ask this question. Downvoting for lack of research effort. – JMoravitz Oct 3 '17 at 17:44

Without additional information, I can only guess. But I think it's likely that $n(A)$, for a given set $A$, is the number of elements of $A$. Since the empty set $\emptyset$ has no elements, we thus have $n(\emptyset) = 0$.
• Yes, two sets $X,Y$ are equal if and only if they have the same element. Hence there is a unique empty set - the set with no elements. – Stefan Mesken Oct 3 '17 at 17:50