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    List of set symbols of set theory and probability.

    Table of set theory symbols


    Symbol Symbol Name Meaning / definition Example

    A = {3,7,9,14},
    set a collection of elements
    B = {9,14,28}
    objects that belong to set
    intersection
    A and set B
    A ∩ B = {9,14}

    objects that belong to set


    union
    A or set B
    A ∪ B = {3,7,9,14,28}

    subset has fewer elements


    subset
    or equal to the set
    {9,14,28} ⊆ {9,14,28}

    proper subset / subset has fewer elements


    strict subset than the set
    {9,14} ⊂ {9,14,28}

    left set not a subset of


    not subset
    right set
    {9,66} ⊄ {9,14,28}

    set A has more elements


    superset
    or equal to the set B
    {9,14,28} ⊇ {9,14,28}

    proper superset / set A has more elements


    strict superset than set B
    {9,14,28} ⊃ {9,14}

    set A is not a superset of


    not superset
    set B
    {9,14,28} ⊅ {9,66}

    A power set all subsets of A

    power set all subsets of A

    A={3,9,14},
    both sets have the same
    equality
    members
    B={3,9,14},
    A=B

    c complement
    all the objects that do not
    belong to set A

    A = {3,9,14},
    relative objects that belong to A
    complement and not to B
    B = {1,2,3},
    A \ B = {9,14}
    A = {3,9,14},
    relative objects that belong to A
    complement and not to B
    B = {1,2,3},
    A - B = {9,14}

    objects that belong to A or A = {3,9,14},


    symmetric
    difference
    B but not to their B = {1,2,3},
    intersection A ∆ B = {1,2,9,14}
    1 of 2
    difference
    intersection A ∆ B = {1,2,9,14}

    objects that belong to A or A = {3,9,14},


    symmetric
    B but not to their B = {1,2,3},
    difference
    intersection A ⊖ B = {1,2,9,14}

    element of set membership A={3,9,14}, 3 ∈ A

    not element of no set membership A={3,9,14}, 1 ∉ A

    ordered pair collection of 2 elements

    set of all ordered pairs


    cartesian product
    from A and B

    the number of elements of


    cardinality
    set A
    A={3,9,14}, |A|=3

    the number of elements of


    cardinality
    set A
    A={3,9,14}, #A=3

    infinite cardinality of
    aleph-null
    natural numbers set

    cardinality of countable
    aleph-one
    ordinal numbers set

    empty set Ø={} C = {Ø}

    universal set set of all possible values

    natural numbers /
    0 whole numbers 0 = {0,1,2,3,4,...} 0∈ 0
    set (with zero)

    natural numbers /
    1 whole numbers 1 = {1,2,3,4,5,...} 6∈ 1
    set (without zero)

    integer numbers =
    -6 ∈
    set {...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...}
    rational numbers
    set = {x | x=a/b, a,b∈ } 2/6 ∈

    real numbers set = {x | -∞ < x <∞} 6.343434 ∈

    complex numbers = {z | z=a+bi,


    6+2i ∈
    set -∞<a<∞, -∞<b<∞}

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