EDITION
LIST OF SYMBOLS
TOPIC LOGIC SYMBOL ""'p p 1\ q P vq P (J) q p-+q p ++ q p=.q MEANING PAGE
T
F P(xJ, ... , x n) VxP(x) 3xP(x) 3!xP(x)
p{S}q SETS
negation of p conjunction of p and q disjunction of p and q exclusive or of p and q the implication p implies q biconditional of p and q equivalence of p and q tautology contradiction propositional function universal quantification of P(x) existential quantification of P(x) uniqueness quantification of P(x) therefore partial correctness of S is a member of S is not a member of S list of elements of a set set builder notation set of natural numbers set of integers set of positive integers set of rational numbers set of real numbers set equality the empty (or null) set S is a subset of T S is a proper subset of T cardinality of S the power set of S n-tuple ordered pair Cartesian product of A and B union of A and B intersection of A and B the difference of A and B complement of A
X X
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XES X fj S {aJ, ... , an} {x I P(x)} N Z
z+
Q
R S=T 0 Sc.;T SeT lSI P(S) (aJ, ... , an) (a, b)
AxB AUB AnB A-B A n UAi i=J union of Ai, i
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1, 2, ... , n
n
nAi i=J intersection of Ai, i
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1, 2, ... , n
A(J)B
symmetric difference of A and B
TOPIC
SYMBOL J(a) J:A ---+ B JI + J2 JI/2 J(S)
MEANING
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FUNCTIONS
tA(S) J-I(x) Jog
LxJ fxl an n Lai i=1 value of the function J at a function from A to B sum of the functions JI and h product of the functions JI and image of the set Sunder J identity function on A inverse of J composition of J and g floor function of x ceiling function of x term of {ai} with subscript n sum of ai, a2, ... , an sum of aa over a
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h
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