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  2. Set-builder notation - Wikipedia

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    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. [2] 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 ...

  3. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Set-builder notation: denotes the set whose elements are listed between the braces, separated by commas. Set-builder notation : if P ( x ) {\displaystyle P(x)} is a predicate depending on a variable x , then both { x : P ( x ) } {\displaystyle \{x:P(x)\}} and { x ∣ P ( x ) } {\displaystyle \{x\mid P(x)\}} denote the set formed by the values ...

  4. Colon (punctuation) - Wikipedia

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    The colon, :, is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots aligned vertically. A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, [1] or a quoted sentence. [2] It is also used between hours and minutes in time, [1] between certain elements in medical journal citations, [3] between chapter and verse in Bible citations, [4] and, in the US, for salutations in business letters and other ...

  5. Predicate (mathematical logic) - Wikipedia

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    Set-builder notation makes use of predicates to define sets. In autoepistemic logic , which rejects the law of excluded middle, predicates may be true, false, or simply unknown . In particular, a given collection of facts may be insufficient to determine the truth or falsehood of a predicate.

  6. Ideal quotient - Wikipedia

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    It also arises in the description of the set difference in algebraic geometry (see below). ( I : J ) is sometimes referred to as a colon ideal because of the notation. In the context of fractional ideals , there is a related notion of the inverse of a fractional ideal.

  7. List of logic symbols - Wikipedia

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    definition: is defined as metalanguage:= means "from now on, is defined to be another name for ." This is a statement in the metalanguage, not the object language. The notation may occasionally be seen in physics, meaning the same as :=.

  8. List of set identities and relations - Wikipedia

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    Universe set and complement notation The notation L ∁ = def X ∖ L . {\displaystyle L^{\complement }~{\stackrel {\scriptscriptstyle {\text{def}}}{=}}~X\setminus L.} may be used if L {\displaystyle L} is a subset of some set X {\displaystyle X} that is understood (say from context, or because it is clearly stated what the superset X ...

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2009 September ...

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