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Function unknown to be computable
Patterns of the digits of pi - function is not known to be effectively computable or non-computable
∅
stands for the empty set which has no
members. The empty set may also be written {}.
Set membership
x ∈ S
subset
S is a subset of T, written S ⊆ T, exactly when for every
x ∈ S it also holds that x ∈ T.
Set union, set intersection, set difference
Set union is written as S ∪ T, set intersection is written as
S ∩ T, and set difference is written as S \ T
set product
notation S × T
stands for the set of all ordered pairs (x, y) such that x ∈ S
and y ∈ T.
N
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set of all pairs of natural numbers
N
set of all natural numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on.
Z
set of all integers: . . . , −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, . . . .
Q
set of all rational numbers, each of which is the result
of dividing an integer x by a positive integer y, written x/y
R
set of all real numbers, each of which can be viewed
as the sum of an infinite sequence of rational numbers.
binary relation
a set of ordered pairs.
application
Given a binary relation R, the application R(x) denotes y
such that (x, y) ∈ R, if there is exactly one such y, and is
otherwise undefined.
domain
dom(R) = { x ∃y. (x, y) ∈ R }.
range
ran(R) = { y ∃x. (x, y) ∈ R }.
Function Space
S to set T, written S → T, is the
set of every function f such that dom(f ) ⊆ S and ran(f ) ⊆ T.
If f ∈ S → T, it is said that f is a function from S to T.
Total function spaces
A function f is total on S if and only if dom(f ) = S. The
total function space from S to T, written S −
tot → T, is the set
of every function f ∈ S → T such that dom(f ) = S.
inverse
the inverse of a binary relation R is
R−1 = { p ∃x. ∃y. p = (y, x) and (x, y) ∈ R }.
one-to-one (injective)
exactly when
both R and its inverse R
−1
are functions.
onto S (surjective to S)
A function f is onto S (surjective to S) if and only if
ran(f ) = S.
bijection
A bijection from S to T is a function that is total on S,
one-to-one (injective), and onto T (surjective).
enumerate
To enumerate a set is to arrange its members in a single list
with a first entry, a second entry, etc., so that:
- every member of the set appears sooner or later in the list and
- every entry in the list belongs to the set. In an enumerated set, every member of the set must be listed
after at most a finite number of other members.
cardinality
Sets can be finite or infinite. The notation |A| stands for the
cardinality of A, i.e., the number of members in the set A.
countable set
When thinking more about a set’s size rather than about
listing the set, we say an enumerable set is countable.