inducting reasoning
the process of reasoning to a general conclusion through observations of specific cases
General conclusion
conjecture or prediction
deductive reasoning
the process of reasoning to a specific conclusion from a general statement.
-prove true or false
A _____ is a collection if objects, which are called _____ or _____ of the set
-set
-elements
-members
If we list the elements of a set between two braces {}, with commas separating each element, this is called the ________ description of the set
roster form
________ describes the elements in a set
set-builder notation
A set is said to be ____ if it either contains no elements, or the number of elements in the set is a natural number
infinite
The ________ of a set, symbolized n(s), is the number of elements in a set
cardinal number
Two sets A and B are said to be __________ if n(a) = n(b) ... they have the same number of elements
equivalent
An equal set is written as...
A=B
The set that contains no elements is called the ______
empty set
______ used to represent sets and how they are related to one another
venn diagrams
Venn diagrams were invented by english mathematician.....
John Venn
The _______ of set A, symbolized as A', is the set of all elements in the universal set U that are not in the set A
compliment
The intersection (common to both sets) is written as...
A n B
The union of 2 sets, symbolized as _____, is the set containing all of the elements that are members of the set A, the set B, or both (all members)
A U B
____ sets provide identities about ___ sets
-equal
-general