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Equivalent   (English)

Definition (keystage 2)

Two quantities (eg fractions) are equivalent if they have the same value.
Equivalent sets are those sets which have the same number of elements.

Definition (undergraduate level)

Of paths: see path.
Of norms: defining the same topology, i.e. || ||1 and || ||2 are equivalent if xn\overset ||     ||1 →x iff xn\overset ||     ||2 →x .

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