MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE.

-The mathematics language is powerful, that is, one

can express complex thoughts with relative ease. For
example: consider this mathematical sentence, “The
sum of any two real numbers is also a real number”   
In mathematical notation this can be written as:    
( ∀a, b ∈ R, a+ b ∈ R)
SET THEORY
-Forms the basis of several other fields of study like
counting theory, relations, graph theory and finite state
machines.

IMPORTANT SETS: (A set is an unordered collection of different

N − the set of all natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4,.....} elements. A set can be written explicitly by
Z − the set of all integers = {.....,−3,−2,−1,0,1,2,3,.....} listing its elements using set bracket. { })
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Z  − the set of all positive integers Roster or Tabular Form
Q − the set of all rational numbers - The set is represented by listing all the elements comprising
it.
R − the set of all real numbers The elements are enclosed within braces
W − the set of all whole numbers and separated by commas.
C  -  the complex numbers Cardinality of a set
Set builder Notations - Cardinality of a set S, denoted by |S|,
- The set is defined by specifying a property is the number of elements of the set. The number is also
that elements of the set have in common. referred as the cardinal number. If a set has an infinite
The set is described as A = {x: p (x)} number of elements, its cardinality is ∞.
Example 1 − The set {a, e, i, o, u} is written as Example −   A = {a, b, c, d}, and B = {1, 2, 3, 4………}
A = {x: x is a vowel in English alphabet} The Cardinality of set A = 4  and set B = ∞.
Example 2 − The set {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} is written as
A = {x : x is an odd numbers less than 10}
Example − If S = {1, 1.2, 1.7, 2}, 1∈ S but 1.5 ∉ S.

Example −   A = {a, b, c, d}, and B = {1, 2, 3, 4………}

The Cardinality of set A = 4  and set B = ∞.