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Set (abstract data type) In computer science, a set is an abstract data type that can store unique values, without any particular order. It is a computer implementation of the mathematical concept of a finite set. Unlike most other collection types, rather than retrieving a specific element from a set, one typically tests a value for membership ...
In mathematics, a set is a collection of different [1] things; [2][3][4] these things are called elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects of any kind: numbers, symbols, points in space, lines, other geometrical shapes, variables, or even other sets. [5] A set may have a finite number of elements or be an infinite set.
Set-builder notation can be used to describe a set that is defined by a predicate, that is, a logical formula that evaluates to true for an element of the set, and false otherwise. [3] In this form, set-builder notation has three parts: a variable, a colon or vertical bar separator, and a predicate. Thus there is a variable on the left of the ...
The total number of partitions of an n-element set is the Bell number B n. The first several Bell numbers are B 0 = 1, B 1 = 1, B 2 = 2, B 3 = 5, B 4 = 15, B 5 = 52, and B 6 = 203 (sequence A000110 in the OEIS). Bell numbers satisfy the recursion + = = and have the exponential generating function
In mathematics, specifically set theory, the Cartesian product of two sets A and B, denoted A × B, is the set of all ordered pairs (a, b) where a is in A and b is in B. [1] In terms of set-builder notation, that is [2][3] A table can be created by taking the Cartesian product of a set of rows and a set of columns.
Intersection (set theory) The intersection of two sets and represented by circles. is in red. The intersection of and is the set of elements that lie in both set and set . In set theory, the intersection of two sets and denoted by [1] is the set containing all elements of that also belong to or equivalently, all elements of that also belong to [2]
In the Lehmer code for a permutation σ, the number d n represents the choice made for the first term σ 1, the number d n−1 represents the choice made for the second term σ 2 among the remaining n − 1 elements of the set, and so forth. More precisely, each d n+1−i gives the number of remaining elements strictly less than the term σ i.
O(n)[1] In computer science, a disjoint-set data structure, also called a union–find data structure or merge–find set, is a data structure that stores a collection of disjoint (non-overlapping) sets. Equivalently, it stores a partition of a set into disjoint subsets. It provides operations for adding new sets, merging sets (replacing them ...