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Chap 1

The document provides an overview of fundamental discrete mathematics concepts including sets and operations on sets, sequences, properties of integers, matrices and Boolean operations. Key topics covered are sets and subsets, union, intersection, complement, symmetric difference, induction, division, greatest common divisor, least common multiple, and Boolean matrices. Examples are provided to illustrate concepts such as characteristic functions, Euclidean algorithm, and Boolean product of matrices. The document concludes with exercises related to sets, sequences, and Boolean operations.

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Chap 1

The document provides an overview of fundamental discrete mathematics concepts including sets and operations on sets, sequences, properties of integers, matrices and Boolean operations. Key topics covered are sets and subsets, union, intersection, complement, symmetric difference, induction, division, greatest common divisor, least common multiple, and Boolean matrices. Examples are provided to illustrate concepts such as characteristic functions, Euclidean algorithm, and Boolean product of matrices. The document concludes with exercises related to sets, sequences, and Boolean operations.

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BAMS1623

Discrete Mathematics
Chapter 1 Fundamental

Content
 Sets and Subsets
 Operations and Notions of Sets
 Sequences – explicit and recursive patterns
 Properties of integers
 Division of integers
 Matrices and its operations

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Sets and Subsets

 One way to describe a set with a finite number of elements is by listing the
elements of the set between braces. E.g 1,2,3

 The order in which the elements are listed is not important.

 Repeated elements in the listing can be ignored. Example:


are the representation of the set

1,2,3
 Element – We indicate x is an element of the set A by x  A and not element of
A by x  A

Sets and Subsets


 Another way to define a set is by specifying a property defined by says, P(x)
and written as

 Example:

Example:

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Subsets

Sets and Subsets (Con’t)

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Operations on Sets
Union

Intersection

Complement

Example:

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Symmetric Difference

U
A U
B A
B

A B

Algebraic Properties of Set Operations


Commutative Properties Properties of Complement

Associative Properties

Distributive Properties Properties of a Universal Set

Idempotent Properties Properties of Empty Set

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Addition Principles

Example

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Sequences

 A list of objects arranged in a definite order;


1st element, 2nd element, 3rd element and so
on.
 It may stop after n steps (finite) or go on
forever (infinite).
 The elements may all be different or some
may be repeated.
 Example:

Recursive and Explicit


Recursive
 A formula that refers to previous terms to define the
next term is called recursive.
 Every recursive formula must include a starting
place.
 Example:

Explicit
 A formula that tells exactly what value any particular
term has.
 Example:

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Sequence (Con’t)
 The set corresponding to a sequence is simply the set of all
distinct elements in the sequence. E.g: The set corresponding to
the sequence a,b,a,b,a,b,… is simply {a,b}.

 Sequences of letters or other symbols written without the


commas are refered to as strings. E.g: sequence a,b,a,b,a,b,…
infinite string abababab…

 Sometimes a sequence is called a linear array or list in


computer science. An array may be viewed as a sequence of
positions.

 Elements assigned to position n will be denoted by S(n) and the


sequence S(1),S(2),S(3),… will be called the sequence of
values of the array S.

Exercise

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Characteristic Functions

Example: Characteristic Functions

Example:

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Induction and Recursion

Example

1. When n = 1, 34 - 1 = 33, which is divisible by 11.

2. Assume n= k is true, 34k - 1 is divisible by 11

3. When n = k+1, 34k+1 - 1 = 34. 34k - 1 = (33 + 1)34k - 1


=33 (34k) + 34k - 1
=11 (3. 34k ) + (34k - 1)

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Division in the integers

Example:
26 = 2.13
12 = 2.2.3 = 22.3
24 = 2.2.2.3 = 23.3 2299 = 11.11.19 = 112.19

Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)

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Least Common Multiple (LCM)

GCD and LCM

Euclidean Algorithm – a procedure for finding GCD(a,b),


a > b > 0.

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Example: Theorem 5

Example : Euclidean Algorithm

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Boolean Matrix Operations
Boolean matrix (also called a bit matrix) is an m x n matrix
which entries are either zero or one

Boolean Matrix Operation (* only possible when A and B


have the same size)

Worked Example

1 1 1
1 1 1
 
1 1 1
 
1 1 0

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Boolean Product

Worked Example

* Note:
e11 = 1 since row 1 of A and column 1 of B each
has a 1 as the first entry.
e12 =1 since a12=1 and b22=1 i.e. the first row of A
and the 2nd column of B have 1 in the 2nd position

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Exercise

 Let A and B be sets and suppose x  A  B means that x A


or x  B but x  A  B . Show that A  A  
3 marks

Exercise
 Let A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {2,4,6,8,10} and C = {8,10,12}.
Find ( A  B )  C if A  B  ( A  B )  ( B  A).

(5 m)

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Exercise

Exercise
Let U = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
A  x  U 0  x  2and B  x  U 1  x  4.

Find each of the following sets


(7m)

(i) A B

(ii) A B

(iii) A  B

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