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### Empty set
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### Empty set
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The empty set, denotated with $\\{\\}$ or with the $\varnothing$ symbol, is a special set that has no element.
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The empty set, denoted with $\\{\\}$ or with the $\varnothing$ symbol, is a special set that has no element.
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### Universe set
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### Universe set
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Before going further inside the set theory, it is worth introducing the notations for them.
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Before going further inside the set theory, it is worth introducing the notations for them.
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Sets are typically denotated by an italic capital letter, like $A$, $B$, $C$ etc.
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Sets are typically denoted by an italic capital letter, like $A$, $B$, $C$ etc.
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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:
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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:
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## Element membership
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## Element membership
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We denotate that an element is a member of a given set with the $\in$ symbol: given the previous set $A$, we write that
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We denote that an element is a member of a given set with the $\in$ symbol: given the previous set $A$, we write that
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$$ 1 \in A $$
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$$ 1 \in A $$
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This can be read as 1 is a member of set $A$, or 1 is inside set $A$.
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This can be read as 1 is a member of set $A$, or 1 is inside set $A$.
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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
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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
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$$ 8 \notin A $$
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$$ 8 \notin A $$
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The union of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements in the given sets, with no duplicated element.
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The union of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements in the given sets, with no duplicated element.
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It's denotated with the $\cup$ symbol.
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It's denoted with the $\cup$ symbol.
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The intersection of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements that belongs in all given sets.
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The intersection of two or more sets is a set that contains all elements that belongs in all given sets.
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It's denotated with the $\cap$ symbol.
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It's denoted with the $\cap$ symbol.
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\begin{aligned}
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\begin{aligned}
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The set difference of two sets $A$ and $B$ is a set that contains all elements of $A$ that are not inside $B$.
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The set difference of two sets $A$ and $B$ is a set that contains all elements of $A$ that are not inside $B$.
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It's denotated with the $−$ symbol and is formally defined as $A − B = \\{ x ∣ x \in A : x \notin B \\}$
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It's denoted with the $−$ symbol and is formally defined as $A − B = \\{ x ∣ x \in A : x \notin B \\}$
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$$
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\begin{aligned}
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\begin{aligned}
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