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MAT137

Unit 1 . 7 : Video Notes

Sets +
Notation

a set a collection of
things (eg numbers) called elements
- :
,
.

example :
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= Seven ints]

ne44 ,
list of elements

+ notation E "is
: an element of
" e g. 4EB eg . sets

B =

[4 ,
5 , 63
A "is not an element of "eg. 4AB ,
-warning ! notation is
a
I
"isasubset of D &B
are eg - NOT universal ! some books

U "union of sets" eg. Cv D =

52 ,
4
-

, 53
combine
both sets
his a subset ot maybe eaa equal

1 "Intersection of sets" eg .
) -D =
Cuonyinas use these to
a

other books
> set with no
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0 33 3 may be equal
O "empty set"
eg.
=
elements C-
> 'n is a subset of

of
< It'n' is a subset
may not be equal

·
important sets to remember :

# "naturals" =
[1 ,
2
,
3 .&
. do not include

& "integers" =
5 ...
-

2 ,
-1 ,
0
,
1
,
2 ,
3 . . .
)

⑫ "rationals" =
Efractions]

I "reals" =

Enumbers w a decimal expansions

notice this : IX = E each notation is

a subset of another