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    Graduate What is the most intuitive way to define an ordered pair?

    the definition by \langle a,b \rangle = \{\{a,1\},\{b,2\}\} is undesirable mainly due to it's reliance on the existence of 1 and 2. the (arguably) best definition is \langle a,b \rangle = \{\{a\},\{a,b\}\} An n-tuple can then be defined as an ordered pair of an element and an (n-1)-tuple...