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\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Multivalued Dependencies}

  \begin{goal}{}
  The \emph{multivalued dependency (MVD)}
  \begin{talign}
    \sql{employee} \mvd \sql{programmingLanguage}
  \end{talign}
  means that, for each employee, 
  the \emph{set of values} in column \sql{programmingLanguage}
  is \emph{independent of all other columns.}
  \end{goal}

  \begin{exampleblock}{}
    \begin{center}
      \tableKnowledge
    \end{center}
  \end{exampleblock}
  \smallskip\pause
  The table contains an \emph{embedded function} from the employee to 
  \emph{sets of} programming languages.
\end{frame}