Set

O p e r a t io n s
T.Samita Sukhong
 Set Operations are the operations
that are applied on two more sets to
kinds of set develop a relationship between them.

operations
Union of sets

Intersection of sets

Complement of a set

Difference between sets

 Ø Union of sets
The union is notated
A ⋃ B.
More formally, x ∊A⋃B if x∈A or
∈
x B (or both)
 Ø Intersection
of sets
The intersection is notated
A ⋂ B.
More formally, x ∈A⋂B if x∈A and
∈
x B.
 Ø Complement
of a set
The complement is notated

B’
 Ø Difference
between sets
The difference between sets A
and B denoted as
A−B
lists all the elements that are in set
A but not in set B.
Example
 Example 1
Consider the sets:
A = {1,2,3}
B = {1,4,5}
and C = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
Find the following:
Find (A ⋃ B), (A ⋂ B) and (A’⋂ C)
 The union contains all the elements in either
Show
set:A ⋃ B = {1,2,3,4,5 } Notice we only list 1 once. solutions !
The intersection contains all the elements in both
sets: A ⋂ B = {1} Here we’re looking for all the
elements that are not in set A and are also in C
so A’⋂ C = {4,5,6}
Example
 Example 2
Create an expression to represent the
outlined part of the Venn diagram shown.
Answer ?

H ⋂ F’⋂ W H ⋂ F ⋂ W’
 Show
solutions !
The elements in the outlined set
are in sets H and F, but are not in
set W. So we could represent this
set as H ⋂ F ⋂ W’
 Do!
exercise