What Are the Elements of P(P(∅))?

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Homework Statement


P(P(∅))


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The Attempt at a Solution


I did the inner power set first: {{∅}, ∅}
Then I took the power set of that: {{{∅}}, {∅}, {{∅}, ∅}, ∅}
But according to the answer, there is only two elements.
 
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That first power set doesn't look quite right to me.

is {∅} an element of ∅??

What are all the elements of ∅?

What are all the subsets of ∅?
 
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