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by paul_reiners 6665 days ago
Actually, I take back my statement that this is not set-theoretic union.

If I'm willing to accept '(a a) as representing the set '(a) when I use it as an input to union, I should be just as willing to accept '(a a b) as representing the set '(a b) when I receive it back from union.