MATH FIRST MONTHLY EXAM Flashcards
a group or collections or objects; it can be named using a capital letter
Sets
each object in a set
Element
absolutely clear which object belongs to the set, and which does not
Well-defined sets
it is the set that contains all objects under consideration
Universal sets
given any two sets A and B, if every element in A is also an element in B, then a is a subset of B
Subsets
a set with no element is an empty set
Null set
it is denoted by n (A); it is the number of elements in set A
Cardinality set
3 Forms of Cardinality Set
Descriptive Form
Set-builder Form
Roaster Form
if the definition and condition of the set is written
Descriptive Form
all the elements of the set must possess a single property to become a member of that set. (Z= {x|x is an integer)
Set-builder Form
the elements of a set are represented in a row and separated by a comma
Roaster Form
Operations of Set: (3)
Union
Intersection
Difference
It is the set containing all elements that are in A and B.
Union (U)
The set that consider of all elements that are both A and B.
Intersection (∩)
It is a set of elements in A and are not in B.
Difference (-)