When is a subset called a subset?

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Is it necessary for an element to be kept in braces if we want to separate it from a set and make the element subset of the same set? Like in...

$$A= \{a,b,c\}$$

If we want to make the element $a$ above a subset of $A$, is it then necessary to take out a from A and write it separately as $\{a\}.$

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Yes, in order to show the elements of the set, you put the elements in braces and use the symbol $\subset$.

For example $$\{ 2,4,6,8,10\} \subset \{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}$$ means that $$\{ 2,4,6,8,10\}$$ is a subset of $$\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\}$$

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$a$ is an element of $A$. $\{a\}$ is a subset of $A$. The set of all subsets of $A$ is

$$\{\{\},\{a\},\{b\},\{c\},\{a,b\},\{a,c\},\{b,c\},\{a,b,c\}\}$$