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 Mathematically, the ''consolidation'' here is an operation on two separate  ''ordered pairs'', '''tuples''' or ''2tuples'', for which the conventional notation is '''(a, b)''' rather than [a, b]. See Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple  Tuple].
-The base ''consolidation'' (two tuples in, one tuple out), is then lifted to an operation on a structure containing '''many tuples''' which appears to be either ordered or unordered, and either potentially '''with''' duplicates (a '''list''' ?) or without duplicates (a '''set''' ?) .
+The base ''consolidation'' (two tuples in, one or two tuples out), is then lifted to an operation on a structure containing '''many tuples''' which appears to be either ordered or unordered, and either potentially '''with''' duplicates (a '''list''' ?) or without duplicates (a '''set''' ?) .
 Some of the noise and confusion might subside if we were to 'give math a chance' and