Set:
A "set" is an undefined term,but we define it as a collection of well defined objects.
e.g. A=collection of all the students in class 5 .
P= Collection of keys in a keychain.
Etc...
Types of sets:
Null set:
A set having no elements is known as null set.
Singleton set:
The set having only one element is known as singleton set.
Representation of set:
There are two ways to represent a set
1-Tabular form
2-Roster form
1-Tabular Form:
In this form of representation sets are basically represented by capital letters (A,B,C....Z), the elements are represented by small letters (a,b,c...z) and the elements are present within a curli braces "{}" and separated by commas"," .
A={a,b,c} , P={1,2,3} etc.
2-Roster Form:
There are some sets which are difficult to represent in tabular form as the number of elements are vast. like the set of real numbers,sets of rational etc.
These sets are easily representable by the help of Roster form .
e.g. R={x: x is a rela number}
N={x: x is a natural number}
Subset:
If there are 2 sets and all the elements of the 1st set are in the 2nd one the we say that the 1st set is the subset of the 2nd one .
A={a,b,c,d}
B={a,b,c,d,e,f}
Then we say that , A ⊆ B
And we use the symbol "⊂" to represent the proper subset.
Mathematically,
If A ⊆ B,
Then x ∈ A => x ∈ B
Power set:
The set of all the subsets of a set is called as power set of that particular set.
e.g.
A={a,b,c}
then power set of A
P(A)={ { },{a},{b},{c},{a,b],{a,c},{b,c},{a,b,c} }
if the number of elements in a set is "n" then the number of elements on it`s power set is 2^n.
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