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Mathematics 0580
Introduction to Sets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRk0d6P4oUI
Examples:
The collection of persons living in Surabaya is a set.
✔ Each person living in Surabaya is an element of the set.
The collection of counting numbers is a set.
✔ Each counting number is an element of the set.
The collection of pencils in your backpack is a set.
✔ Each pencil in your backpack is an element of the set.
Notation
For example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgNoYw9qYE
✔ If A is a subset of B we write
A ⊆ B to designate that relationship.
✔ If A is not a subset of B we write
A ⊆ B to designate that relationship.
Notation – is a subset of
Empty set
c
The Cardinal number