Problem #DES-180524

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Problem

A set is a collection of objects of any specified kind, the objects are called elements or members, the objects in one set cannot repeat, namely {1,2,3} and {1,2,2,2,3} are identical sets. We denote a set by a capital letter A, or B and write xA if x is an element of A, and xA if it is not. The notation A={a,b,c,...} means that the set A consists of the elements a,b,c,.... The empty or void set, , has no elements. If all elements of A are also in B, then we call A a subset of B and we write AB. It is an axiom that the sets A and B are equal A=B if they have the same elements. Namely, A is a subset of B and B is a subset of A at the same time.
For any sets A and B, we define their union AB, intersection AB, and the difference AB as follows:

  • the union AB is the set of all elements that belong to A or B;

  • the intersection AB is the set of elements that belong to both A and B;

  • the difference AB consists of those xA that are do not belong to B.

Sometimes it is useful to draw sets as Venn diagrams, on the diagram below the pink circle represents the set A, the yellow circle represents the set B, the orange part is the intersection AB, the pink part is AB, the yellow part is BA, and the whole picture is the union AB.

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