Main Topics under Set Theory
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2. Types of Sets (āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°)
A. Empty Set (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ) : A set having no elements is called an Empty Set. (āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example: A = {x ∈ N : x < 0} There is no natural number less than 0. (ā§Ļ-āϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤)
Therefore, A = ∅ or {}
B. Finite Set (āϏāϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): A set having a limited number of elements is called a Finite Set. (āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋā§° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻžāĻ āϏāϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example: A = {2, 4, 6, 8} Number of elements = 4 (āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = ā§Ē)
C. Infinite Set (āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): A set having unlimited elements is called an Infinite Set. (āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋā§° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example: N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...} (Set of natural numbers) āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ
D. Equal Set (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Two sets are equal if they contain exactly the same elements. (āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋā§° āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§ āĻšāϞ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻšāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤)
Example: A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {3, 2, 1} , A = B, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
E. Singleton Set (āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): A set having only one element is called a Singleton Set. (āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Example: A = {5}, Only one element exists. (āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
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Short Note
- Empty Set (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Example: ∅ , { } āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ∅ , { }
- Finite Set (āϏāϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Example: {2, 4, 6, 8} āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: {2, 4, 6, 8}
- Infinite Set (āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Example: {1, 2, 3, 4, ...} āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: {1, 2, 3, 4, ...}
- Equal Set (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Example: {1, 2, 3} = {3, 2, 1} āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: {1, 2, 3} = {3, 2, 1}
- Singleton Set (āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): Example: {5} āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: {5}
Trick (āĻā§āĻļāϞ)
- No element → Empty Set (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)
- Limited elements → Finite Set (āϏāϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)
- Unlimited elements → Infinite Set (āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)
- Same elements → Equal Set (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)
- One element only → Singleton Set (āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)