Cardinality and Operations of Sets

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What does the union of two sets A and B represent?

  • The elements both in A and B
  • The elements in A or B or both (correct)
  • The elements not in A or B
  • The elements only in A

Which of the following is NOT a property of set operations?

  • Commutative Property
  • Reflexive Property (correct)
  • Distributive Property
  • Associative Property

What is the symmetric difference of sets A and B defined as?

  • A - B ∩ B - A
  • A ∩ B
  • A - B + B - A (correct)
  • A ∪ B

If A = {1, 2} and B = {2, 3}, what is the intersection A ∩ B?

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Which of the following identifies the complement of set A?

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What is the cardinality of the set of all integers Z?

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Which of the following statements is true regarding subsets?

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How many subsets does the set A = {1, 2, 3} have?

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What defines two sets as disjoint?

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In the equality of sets, which of the following must be proved?

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Which notation represents that B is a subset of A?

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What does the notation A⊆A imply?

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If set E contains even integers and set F contains sums of two odd integers, which conclusion can be made about the equality of E and F?

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Which region in a Venn diagram represents the intersection of sets A and B?

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In a Venn diagram with sets A, B, and C, which area represents (A ∪ B) ∩ C?

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What does the region outside both sets A and B in a Venn diagram represent?

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In a Venn diagram, how is the complement of set A represented?

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If A = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and B = {2, 7, 8, 9, 6}, which region in a Venn diagram would represent A - (B ∩ C) if C = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7}?

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Flashcards

What is the intersection of two sets?

A set of elements that are in both A and B. This is denoted by: A ∩ B.

What is the union of two sets?

A set of elements that are in A or B. This is denoted by: A ∪ B.

What does it mean if two sets are comparable?

If A ⊆ B or B ⊆ A, then sets A and B are comparable. This means one set is wholly contained within the other.

What is the set difference of A and B?

The set of all elements that are in A but not in B. This is denoted by: A - B.

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What is the symmetric difference of two sets?

The set of all elements that are in A but not B or in B but not A. This is denoted by: A â–³ B.

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What is the difference of two sets?

The set of all elements that are in set A but not in set B.

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What is the complement of a set?

The set of all elements that are in the universal set U but not in set A.

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What is (A ∩ B) - C?

A set of elements that are in both sets A and B but not in set C.

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Cardinality of a Set

The total number of elements in a set. It can be finite (a whole number) or infinite.

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Equality of Sets

Two sets are equal if they contain exactly the same elements. Order doesn't matter.

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Subset

A set is a subset of another set if all its elements are also in the bigger set.

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Proper Subset

A subset where the smaller set is not the same as the bigger set. The smaller set has fewer elements.

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Power Set

The power set of a set is the set of all its possible subsets. The number of subsets is 2 raised to the power of the number of elements in the original set.

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Disjoint Sets

Two sets are disjoint if they have no elements in common.

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Set of Integers (Z)

The set of all integers, both positive and negative, including zero.

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Set of Positive Integers (Z+)

The set of all positive integers (whole numbers) starting from 1.

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Study Notes

Cardinality of Sets

  • The size of a set is called its cardinality.
  • A set is finite if its cardinality is an integer.
  • A set is infinite otherwise.

Equality of Sets

  • Two sets are equal if they have precisely the same elements.
  • For sets E and F, E=F if every element of E is also in F and every element of F is also in E.

Subsets

  • Set A is a subset of set B (denoted A⊆B) if every element of A is also an element of B.
  • Every set is a subset of itself (A⊆A).
  • The empty set (∅) is a subset of every set (∅⊆A).

Power Sets

  • The power set of a set S (denoted 2S) is the set of all possible subsets of S.
  • The number of subsets of a set with n elements is 2n.

Disjoint Sets

  • Two sets are disjoint if they have no elements in common.
  • If A & B are disjoint, then the intersection of A and B is empty (AnB=∅).

Set Operations: Union and Intersection

  • The union of sets A and B (A∪B) is the set of all elements that are in A or B or both.
  • The intersection of sets A and B (A∩B) is the set of all elements that are in both A and B.

Set Operations: Comparability

  • Two sets, A and B, are comparable if A⊆B or B⊆A.
  • This means that one set is a subset of the other.

Set Operations: Venn Diagrams

  • Venn diagrams visually represent relationships between sets.
  • They show the overlapping regions that represent the various set intersections.

Set Operations: Three Sets

  • Set operations and relationships can be extended to three or more sets.
  • Venn diagrams for three sets show more complex overlapping regions
  • The intersection of all three sets is the region shared by all three sets.
  • The union of all three sets includes all elements from any of the sets.

Set Operations: Set Differences

  • A - B represents elements in A but not in B.
  • The symmetric difference of A and B (AΔB) consists of elements in either A or B, but not both
  • De Morgan's Laws apply to set differences and complements (A-(B∪C) = (A-B)∩(A-C), A-(B∩C) = (A-B)∪(A-C)).

Set Operations: Complements

  • The complement of a set A, denoted A’, is the set of all elements in the universal set that are not in A.
  • A∪A’ = U (the universal set)
  • A∩A’=∅ (the empty set)

Set Operations: Counting Integers

  • This discusses finding the number of integers in a specific range divisible by a certain number (or numbers).

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