SETS, RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS!

Notes of first lecture 1. For SETS

1. A set is just a collection of distinct objects.
2. It can be represented in two forms
1- roster method and
2-set builder method!
In roster method, we just write the object in brackets. {1,2,3} is a set of natural numbers less than 4.
In the set builder form, we just assign a variable XAnd then give a relation to get values of X
{x : x is a natural number less than 4}
3. EMPTY SET- no element {} also called null set.
4. FINITE SET- a finite number of elements. {1,3}
5. Infinite set- infinite number of elements.{1,2,3,4..}
6. Sets are equal only if they have same elements.
7. A is a subset of B means All elements of A are in B.eg- A- {1,2,3,4} and B-{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} then
since element of A-1,2,3,4 are in set B , we say A is a subset of B. and write it as - A B
8. Here , B is called the superset of A. and is represented as B A.B is called superset because it
contains all element of A.(superman concept)
9. A Is a subset of itself and null set is a subset of every set.
10. Total number of subsets= 2^n , where n is the number of element of set A.
11. Power of a set is asset whose element are also sets. The element are subsets of set A.