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Subsets. Subsets. Subsets are sort of like nested Russian dolls: the subset “fits inside” the set. Subsets. Set A is a subset of set B if all of the members in set A are also in set B. set A = { 1, 2, 3 } set B = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 } Set A is a subset of set B. NOT a Subset.
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Subsets Subsets are sort of like nested Russian dolls: the subset “fits inside” the set.
Subsets Set A is a subset of set B if all of the members in set A are also in set B. set A = { 1, 2, 3 } set B = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 } Set A is a subset of set B
NOT a Subset Set A is NOT a subset of set B if any member in set A is not also in set B. set A = { 1, 2, 9 } set B = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 } Set A is NOT a subset of set B because of the 9.
Proper Subsets If set A has fewer elements than set B, it is called a proper subset and we use The idea is very similar to the concept of “less than” ‹
Improper Subsets If they are the same set, it is called an improper subset and we use (or we could use =). By definition, every set is a subset of itself.
Generic Subsets If we aren’t sure if it’s a proper subset or an improper subset, we use the generic subset symbol. That way it is true either if it is proper or improper.
The Empty Set Also by definition: The empty set is a subset of every other set. For every set A:
Listing Subsets Let’s list all the subsets of the set {1, 2} The proper subsets: {1}, {2}, and The improper subset: {1, 2} A set with 2 elements has 22 or 4 subsets A set with 2 elements has 22 – 1 or 3 proper subsets
Listing Subsets Let’s list all the subsets of the set {1, 2, 3} The proper subsets: {1}, {2}, {3}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3} The improper subset: {1, 2, 3} A set with 3 elements has 23 or 8 subsets A set with 3 elements has 23 – 1 or 7 subsets
Number of Subsets If a set has n elements The number of subsets will be 2n The number of proper subsets will be 2n – 1
Vocabulary Subset Proper subset Improper subset Empty set