diff --git a/content/set_theory.md b/content/set_theory.md index 460a78b..0f6f317 100644 --- a/content/set_theory.md +++ b/content/set_theory.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Two special sets are defined: the [[empty set|#empty-set]] and the [[universe se ### Empty set -The empty set, denotated with $\\{\\}$ or with the $\varnothing$ symbol, is a special set that has no element. +The empty set, denoted with $\\{\\}$ or with the $\varnothing$ symbol, is a special set that has no element. ### Universe set @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The universal set, denoted by $U$, is a set that has as elements all unique elem Before going further inside the set theory, it is worth introducing the notations for them. -Sets are typically denotated by an italic capital letter, like $A$, $B$, $C$ etc. +Sets are typically denoted by an italic capital letter, like $A$, $B$, $C$ etc. To list the elements of a given set the enumeration notation is used. This list the elements of a set between curly braces. For example, to reppresent the set $A$ of all natural numbers less than 8 we write the following: @@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ $$ A = \\{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 \\} $$ ## Element membership -We denotate that an element is a member of a given set with the $\in$ symbol: given the previous set $A$, we write that +We denote that an element is a member of a given set with the $\in$ symbol: given the previous set $A$, we write that $$ 1 \in A $$ This can be read as 1 is a member of set $A$, or 1 is inside set $A$. -The symbol $\notin$ is the opposite of the $\in$ symbol, it denotates an element that is not a member of a given set: given the previous set $A$, we write that +The symbol $\notin$ is the opposite of the $\in$ symbol, it denotes an element that is not a member of a given set: given the previous set $A$, we write that $$ 8 \notin A $$ @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Just like algebra has his operations on numbers, sets have their own operations. The union of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements in the given sets, with no duplicated element. -It's denotated with the $\cup$ symbol. +It's denoted with the $\cup$ symbol. $$ \begin{aligned} @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ $$ The intersection of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements that belongs in all given sets. -It's denotated with the $\cap$ symbol. +It's denoted with the $\cap$ symbol. $$ \begin{aligned} @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ $$ The set difference of two sets $A$ and $B$ is a set that contains all elements of $A$ that are not inside $B$. -It's denotated with the $−$ symbol and is formally defined as $A − B = \\{ x ∣ x \in A : x \notin B \\}$ +It's denoted with the $−$ symbol and is formally defined as $A − B = \\{ x ∣ x \in A : x \notin B \\}$ $$ \begin{aligned}