ACTIVITY IN

TYPES OF
SET
SET? GIVE BRIEF REASONS FOR EACH OF YOUR
ANSWERS.

(A) THE COLLECTION OF ALL ALPHANUMERIC

CHARACTERS.
(B) THE COLLECTION OF ALL TALL PEOPLE.
(C) THE COLLECTION OF ALL REAL NUMBERS X FOR
WHICH:
2X – 9 = 16.
(D) THE COLLECTION OF ALL INTEGERS X FOR
WHICH:
2X – 9 = 16.
(E) THE COLLECTION OF ALL GOOD TENNIS PLAYERS.
2. THE FOLLOWING SETS HAVE BEEN DEFINED USING
THE | NOTATION. RE-WRITE THEM BY LISTING SOME
OF THE ELEMENTS.

(A) {P | P IS A CAPITAL CITY, P IS IN EUROPE}

(B) {X | X = 2N - 5, X AND N ARE NATURAL NUMBERS}

(C) {Y | 2Y2 = 50, Y IS AN INTEGER}

(D) {Z | 3Z = N2, Z AND N ARE NATURAL NUMBERS}

I / : = MEANS SUCH THAT
ANSWER:
1. (A) YES; ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE A…Z,
AND 0…9
(B) NO; 'TALL' IS NOT WELL-DEFINED
(C) YES; THE SET IS {12.5}
(D) YES; THE EMPTY SET
(E) NO; 'GOOD' IS NOT WELL-DEFINED

2. EXAMPLES MIGHT INCLUDE:

(A) {LONDON, PARIS, ROME, …}
(B) {1, 3, 5, 7, …}, BUT NOT –3 OR –1
(C) {5, -5}
(D) {3, 27, 243, …}
TYPES OF SETS
SETS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO MANY CATEGORIES. SOME OF
WHICH ARE FINITE, INFINITE, SUBSET, UNIVERSAL, PROPER, POWER,
SINGLETON SET, ETC.

I / : = MEANS SUCH THAT

Finite set
If the number of elements in a set is zero or finite,
then the set is called a finite set.
Example,
Consider the set A of natural numbers between 5
and 9.
There are three natural number between 5 and 9.
So, A = { 6,7,8 }
Infinite set
If the number of elements in a set is not finite, the
set is said to be an infinite set.
Thus the set of all natural number is given by
N = { 1, 2, 3, ...} is an infinite set.
Similarly the set of all rational number between )
and 1 given by
A = {x:x is a natural number} is an infinite set.
Subset
A subset A is said to be subset of B if every
elements which belongs to A also belongs to B.
A = { 1, 2, 3}
B = { 1, 2, 3, 4}
A subset of B.
Equal set
Two sets A and B are equal if every member of A
is a member of B, and every member of B is a
member of A. In other words, two sets A and B
are equal
if A c B and B c A . This is denoted as A=B
Equivalent set
Two sets A and B are said to be equivalent if they
have the same number of elements.
if A = B and B = A .
For example,
Consider A = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } and B = { a, e, i, o, u }
Here n(A) = n(B) = 5
Hence, A and B are equivalent sets.
Null set/ empty set
A null set or an empty set is a valid set with no
member.
A = {Ø} / phie cardinality of A is 0.
Proper set
A set is said to be a proper subset of B if A is a
subset of B, A is not equal to B or A is a subset of
B but B contains at least one element which does
not belong to A.
Power set
A set which includes all the subsets including the
empty set and the original set itself. It is also a
type of sets.
If set A = {x,y,z} is a set, then all its subsets {x}, {y},
{z}, {x,y}, {y,z}, {x,z}, {x,y,z} and {} are the elements
of powerset, such as:
Power set of A, P(A) = {x}, {y}, {z}, {x,y}, {y,z}, {x,z},
{x,y,z} and {}
Where P(A) denotes the power set. (2 )n=number of elements
n
Universal set
Any set which is a superset of all the sets under
consideration is said to be universal set and is
either denoted by omega or S or U.
Let A = {1, 2, 3}
C = { 0, 1} then we can take
S = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} as universal set.
ASYNCHRONOUS
Answer the following in your notebook/paper and pass
through google classroom.
Practice and Application on page 14.
1. WELL-DEFINED SETS (I)
2. DESCRIBING SETS (II AND III)
3. DESCRIBING SETS (IV – VI)
*Check the next page.