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  2. Disjoint sets - Wikipedia

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    Two disjoint sets. In set theory in mathematics and formal logic, two sets are said to be disjoint sets if they have no element in common. Equivalently, two disjoint sets are sets whose intersection is the empty set. [1] For example, {1, 2, 3} and {4, 5, 6} are disjoint sets, while {1, 2, 3} and {3, 4, 5} are not disjoint. A collection of two ...

  3. Disjoint union - Wikipedia

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    A disjoint union of an indexed family of sets (:) is a set , often denoted by , with an injection of each into , such that the images of these injections form a partition of (that is, each element of belongs to exactly one of these images). A disjoint union of a family of pairwise disjoint sets is their union.

  4. List of set identities and relations - Wikipedia

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    One set is said to intersect another set if . Sets that do not intersect are said to be disjoint . The power set of X {\displaystyle X} is the set of all subsets of X {\displaystyle X} and will be denoted by ℘ ( X ) = def { L : L ⊆ X } . {\displaystyle \wp (X)~{\stackrel {\scriptscriptstyle {\text{def}}}{=}}~\{~L~:~L\subseteq X~\}.}

  5. Almost disjoint sets - Wikipedia

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    However, the unit interval [0, 1] and the set of rational numbers Q are not almost disjoint, because their intersection is infinite. This definition extends to any collection of sets. A collection of sets is pairwise almost disjoint or mutually almost disjoint if any two distinct sets in the collection are almost disjoint. Often the prefix ...

  6. Axiom of regularity - Wikipedia

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    Applying the axiom of regularity to S, let B be an element of S which is disjoint from S. By the definition of S, B must be f(k) for some natural number k. However, we are given that f(k) contains f(k+1) which is also an element of S. So f(k+1) is in the intersection of f(k) and S. This contradicts the fact that they are disjoint sets.

  7. Intersection (set theory) - Wikipedia

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    The intersection of the sets {1, 2, 3} and {2, 3, 4} is {2, 3}. ... Intersecting and disjoint sets. We say ... Symmetric difference – Elements in exactly one of two ...

  8. Laminar set family - Wikipedia

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    In combinatorics, a laminar set family is a set family in which each pair of sets are either disjoint or related by containment. [1] [2] Formally, a set family {S 1, S 2, ...} is called laminar if for every i, j, the intersection of S i and S j is either empty, or equals S i, or equals S j. Let E be a ground-set of elements.

  9. Partially ordered set - Wikipedia

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    Another way to combine two (disjoint) posets is the ordinal sum [12] (or linear sum), [13] Z = X ⊕ Y, defined on the union of the underlying sets X and Y by the order a ≤ Z b if and only if: a , b ∈ X with a ≤ X b , or