Lesson 2: Language Of Sets Flashcards
lt is often said that mathematics is the language of?
Science
the set of natural numbers?
= {1,2,3,4,5,…}
The set of whole number?
={0,1,2,3,4,5,…}
The set of integers?
={…-2,-1,0,1,2,…}
The set of rational numbers?
={m/n, where n ≠ 0 }
The set of irrational numbers?
={non-repeating, non-terminating decimals}
includes the numbers used for counting:
The set of natural numbers
is the set of natural numbers plus zero:
The set of whole numbers
adds the negative natural numbers the set of whole numbers:
The set of integers
includes fractions written as (m/n|m and n are integers and n ≠ 0)
The set of rational numbers
is the set of numbers that are not rational, are non repeating, and are non-terminating:
(h|h is not a rational number).
The set of irrational numbers
a collection of objects
Set
the objects in a set are called the
elements of a set
“x” is called a?
Variable
symbol used to represent any element of a given set.
Variable(x)
Another way of writing the above set S is to use what is called
set-builder notation
vertical bar (|) is used in place of words?
Such that