MATH 1

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