Set Theory : Set Theory

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Set Theory

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Example Questions

Example Question #3 : Natural Numbers, Integers, And Real Numbers

What is the correct expression of the relationships between the sets comprised of natural numbers, real numbers, and integers?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The natural numbers are defined as , the integers are defined as , and the real numbers () are defined as the set of all non-complex numbers. As such,  is a subset of , and  is a subset of .

 

Example Question #21 : Set Theory

Determine if the following statement is true or false:

Let  and  be well ordered and order isomorphic sets. If  and  are also order isomorphic sets, then  and  are also order isomorphic.

Possible Answers:

False

True

Correct answer:

True

Explanation:

This is a theorem for well ordered sets and the proof is as follows.

First identify what is given in the statement.

1. The sets are onto order isomorphisms

 and 

2. The goal is to make an onto order isomorphism. Let us call it .

Thus,  can be defined as the function,

To show  is a well defined, one-to-one,  function on  since  and  are one-to-one, the following is performed.

                                

Thus,  is one-to-one.

Now to prove  in onto  if  

for some

thus

proving  is onto .

Lastly prove ordering.

                                             

                                             

Thus proving  is isomorphic. Therefore the statement is true.

Example Question #22 : Set Theory

Given the set , calculate the cardinality.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given a set , the cardinality is the number of elements in . This is also written as .

Looking at this particular problem, 

Therefore the number of elements in a is,

Example Question #2 : Cardinal Numbers

Given the set , calculate the cardinality.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given a set , the cardinality is the number of elements in . This is also written as .

Looking at this particular problem, 

First, rewrite the set to depict a more accurate description of the space.

Therefore, counting up the number of elements, results in the following cardinality,

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