Assignment No.

1
1) Explain with example, notation used and mathematical expression to describe the following
terms:-
a) Membership
b) Subset , Proper subset and Improper subset
c) Equality of sets
d) Union of sets
e) Power set
f) Empty Set
g) Cardinality of sets
2) With the help of mathematical induction prove that
n ( 2n−1 ) (2 n+1)
1²+3²+5²+ -----------+ (2n-1)² =
3
3) With the help of mathematical induction prove that
5n-1 is divisible by 4 for n>=1
4) What is multiset? Explain its significance with at least two examples.
5) Consider a set of integers 1 to 500. Find how many of these numbers are divisible by 3 or by 5 or
by 11
6) Consider the following :
P: This system is good
Q: This system is cheap

Write each of the following statements in symbolic form

a) This system is good and cheap
b) This system is not good and cheap
c) This system is neither good nor cheap
d) This system is good or cheap