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Originally posted by TribulationStaff
Well, linear independance of sets, and set theory at all, for that matter, isn't discussed at all until college. In fact, I would be surprised if any pure mathematics beyond geometry is taught anywhere in the USA's K-12 educational system.
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Perhaps so; I wasn't taught true set theory until partway into my CS degree. On the other hand, set theory is just a way to describe the property in a formal fashion. You can understand it intuitively without being able to represent it mathematically.