Set Symbols

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Set Symbols

This is a list of the most common set symbols.

Symbol    Symbol    DefinitionExample
\(\{ \; \}\) - set, a collection \(A= \{ 1, 2, 3, 4 \}\) ,  \(B= \{ 3, 4, 5, 6 \} \)
\(\varnothing\) varnothing empty set \(A=\{ \varnothing\} \)
\(\cap\) cap intersection, belonging to set A or B \(A\cap B =\{3, 4\}\)
\(\cup\) cup union, belonging to set A or B \(A\cup B =\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}\)
\(\subset\) subset strict subset, A is subset of B \(\{3, 4\} \subset \{3, 4, 5, 6\}\)
\(\subseteq\) subseteq subset, A subset of B, A included in B \(\{3, 4\} \subseteq \{3, 4\}\)
\(\nsubseteq\) nsubseteq not subset, A not subset of B \(\{6, 7\} \nsubseteq \{3, 4, 5, 6\}\)
 \(\supset\) supset strict superset, A superset of B, B not equal to A \(\{3, 4, 5, 6\} \supset \{3, 4\}\)
 \(\supseteq\) supseteq superset, A subset of B, A includes B \(\{3, 4, 5, 6\} \supseteq \{3, 4, 5, 6\}\)
\(\nsupseteq\) nsupseteq not superset, A not superset of B \(\{3, 4, 5, 6\} \nsupseteq \{6, 7\}\)
\(\uplus\) uplus multiset union, A plus B = C \(A + B = \{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 \}\)
\(\in\) in belongs to or element of \(B=\{3, 4, 5, 6\}\) ,  \(3\in B\)
\(\notin\) notin does not belong to \(B=\{3, 4, 5, 6\}\) ,  \(1\notin B\)
= - equality, both sets the same A=B \(\{3, 4, 5, 6\} = \{3, 4, 5, 6\}\)
\(-\) - relative complement, belongs to B but not A \(A-B = \{5, 6\}\)
\(\ominus\) ominus symmetric difference, belongs to A or B gut no matches \(A \ominus B = \{1, 2, 5, 6\}\)
\(|\;|\) - cardinality, element of set B  \(|B|=\{3\}\)
\(\mathbb{C}\) - complex number set \(\mathbb{C} = \{3, \frac{3}{4}, 13.45, -3.56, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{N_0}\) - natural number set (with 0) \(\mathbb{N_0} = \{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{N_1}\) - natural number set (without 0) \(\mathbb{N_1} = \{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{R}\) - real number set \(\mathbb{R} = \{3, \frac{3}{4}, 13.45, -3.56, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{R}^+\) - real number set, positive \(\mathbb{R} = \{3, \frac{3}{4}, 3.56, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{R}^-\) - real number set, negative \(\mathbb{R} = \{-3, -\frac{3}{4}, -3.56, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{Q}\) - rational number set \(\mathbb{Q} = \{ \frac{0}{1}, -\frac{1}{8}, \frac{3}{2} \}\)
\(\mathbb{Q}^+\) - rational number set, positive \(\mathbb{Q} = \{ \frac{0}{1}, \frac{1}{8}, \frac{3}{2} \}\)
\(\mathbb{Q}^-\) - rational number set, negative \(\mathbb{Q} = \{ -\frac{0}{1}, -\frac{1}{8}, -\frac{3}{2} \}\)
\(\mathbb{U}\) - universal set \(\mathbb{U} = \{ -3.56, -2, 0, \frac{3}{2}, 13.45, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{Z}\) - integer number set \(\mathbb{Z} = \{ ... , -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{Z}^+\) - integer number set, positive \(\mathbb{Z} = \{ 1, 2, 3, ... \}\)
\(\mathbb{Z}^-\) - integer number set, negative \(\mathbb{Z} = \{ ... , -3, -2, -1 \}\)
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