Definition:Cartesian Product/Factors

Definition

Let $S$ and $T$ be sets.

Let $S \times T$ be the cartesian product of $S$ and $T$.

Then the sets $S$ and $T$ are called the factors of $S \times T$.

Sources

• 1967: George McCarty: Topology: An Introduction with Application to Topological Groups ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction: Set-Theoretic Notation
• 1978: Thomas A. Whitelaw: An Introduction to Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 8$: Cartesian product of sets