Elementary Set Theory – Ordered Pairs in a Power Set

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The exercise 48 of Chapter 3 in Enderton's Axiomatic Set Theory says:
Let $T$ be the set $$\{\varnothing, \{\varnothing\}\}.$$
Find all of the ordered pairs, if any, in
$$\mathcal{P}T=\{\varnothing, \{\varnothing\}, \{\{\varnothing\}\}, T\}.$$
The set $T$ does not seem anything like the Kuratowski's definition.
I think Enderton is trying to say "There is an ordered pair."
I just can't see how there could be an ordered pair since $\mathcal{P}T$ is not a function or relation.
Could you please help me see?

Best Answer

The set-theoretic ordered pair $(a,b)$ is $\{\{a\},\{a,b\}\}$. Note that this is $$\{\{a\},\{a,a\}\}=\{\{a\},\{a\}\}=\{\{a\}\}$$ if $a=b$. So you have at least one pair in ${\mathcal P}(T)$, namely $(\emptyset,\emptyset)=\{\{\emptyset\}\}$. Since the empty set is not an ordered pair, and no element of an ordered pair is empty, this is the only ordered pair in ${\mathcal P}(T)$.

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