Sets and Notation (HSC SSCE Mathematics Advanced): Flashcards

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Sets and Notation
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Definition of a set

Collection of distinct objects or elements

How sets are represented

Using curly brackets { }

Definition of cardinality

Number of elements in a set

Notation for cardinality of set AA

n(A)n(A) or ∣A∣|A|

Definition of empty set

Set with no elements

Notation for empty set

∅\varnothing or {}\{\}

Meaning of B⊆AB \subseteq A

Every element of BB is in AA

Meaning of B⊂AB \subset A

BB subset of AA with strictly fewer elements

Definition of complement A‾\overline{A}

Elements in universal set UU not in AA

Definition of universal set UU

Complete collection of all elements under consideration

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