Unit 2 Flashcards
A blank is a collection of objects
set
The objects in a set are called blank
elements
The blank definition of a set is a list of the elements enclosed in curly braces with the individual elements separated by commas. The following definition of the set A uses roster notation:
A = { 2, 4, 6, 10 }
roster notation
The symbol blank is used to indicate that an element is in a set, as in 2 ∈ A.
∈
The symbol blank indicates that an element is not in a set, as in 5 ∉ A.
∉
The set with no elements is called the blank and is denoted by the symbol ∅
empty set
The empty set is sometimes referred to as the blank and can also be denoted by {}. Because the empty set has no elements, for any element a, a ∉ ∅ is true.
null set
A blank has a finite number of elements.
finite set
An blank has an infinite number of elements.
infinite set
The blank of a finite set A, denoted by |A|, is the number of elements in A.
cardinality
Two sets are blank if they have exactly the same elements
equal
The set of natural numbers: All integers greater than or equal to 0.
N
The set of all integers.
Z
The set of rational numbers: All real numbers that can be expressed as a/b, where a and b are integers and b ≠ 0.
Q
The set of real numbers
R
The superscript blank is used to indicate the positive elements of a particular set. For example, the set R+ is the set of all positive real numbers, and Z+ is the set of all positive integers.
+
The superscript blank is used to indicate the negative elements of a particular set. For example, the set R- is the set of all negative real numbers, and Z- is the set of all negative integers.
-
In blank, a set is defined by specifying that the set includes all elements in a larger set that also satisfy certain conditions. The notation would look like:
A = { x ∈ S : P(x) }
S is the larger set from which the elements in A are taken. P(x) is some condition for membership in A. The colon symbol “:” is read “such that”. The description for A above would read: “all x in S such that P(x)”.
set builder notation
The blank, usually denoted by the variable U, is a set that contains all elements mentioned in a particular context.
universal set
Sets are often represented pictorially with blank. A rectangle is used to denote the universal set U, and oval shapes are used to denote sets within U.
Venn diagrams
If every element in A is also an element of B, then A is a blank of B, denoted as A ⊆ B If there is an element of A that is not an element of B, then A is not a subset of B, denoted as A ⊈ B. If the universal set is U, then for every set A:
∅ ⊆ A ⊆ U
subset
Two sets are blank if and only if each is a subset of the other:
A = B if and only if A ⊆ B and B ⊆ A
equal
If A ⊆ B and there is an element of B that is not an element of A (i.e., A ≠ B), then A is a blank of B, denoted as A ⊂ B.
proper subset
The blank is a subset of every set.
empty set