Obtain the power set p(s) if S(a,b,c)

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The power set of a set S(a, b, c) is defined as the collection of all possible subsets of S, including the empty set and S itself. The power set can be denoted as P(S) and contains 2^n subsets, where n is the number of elements in the original set. For the set S(a, b, c), the power set P(S) consists of the subsets: {}, {a}, {b}, {c}, {a, b}, {a, c}, {b, c}, and {a, b, c}. This concept is fundamental in set theory and combinatorics.

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If [tex]\mathcal{A}[/tex] is a set, its power-set is the collection of its subsets (empty, non-empty, proper, non-proper, all of them)
 

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