The eight (8) grouping symbols related to set theory include the following: ∈ "is an element (member) of" ∉ "is not an element (member) of" ⊂ "is a proper subset of" ⊆ "is a subset of" ⊄ "is not a subset of" ∅ the empty set; a set with no elements ∩ intersection ∪ union
It's the maximum.Probably C, the continuum.The cardinality (count) of the infinite set of integers is Aleph-null. Then C = 2^(Aleph-null).
Assuming the question is: Prove that a set A which contains n elements has 2n different subsets.Proof by induction on n:Base case (n = 0): If A contains no elements then the only subset of A is the empty set. So A has 1 = 20 different subsets.Induction step (n > 0): We assume the induction hypothesis for all n smaller than some arbitrary number k (k > 0) and show that if the claim holds for sets containing k - 1 elements, then the claim also holds for a set containing k elements.Given a set A which contains k elements, let A = A' u {.} (where u denotes set union, and {.} is some arbitrary subset of A containing a single element no in A'). Then A' has k - 1 elements and it follows by the induction hypothesis that (1) A' has 2k-1 different subsets (which also are subsets of A). (2) For each of these subsets we can create a new set which is a subset of A, but not of A', by adding . to it, that is we obtain an additional 2k-1 subsets of A. (*)So by assuming the induction hypothesis (for all n < k) we have shown that a set A containing kelements has 2k-1 + 2k-1 = 2k different subsets. QED.(*): We see that the sets are clearly subsets of A, but have we covered all subsets of A? Yes. Assume we haven't and there is some subset S of A not covered by this method: if S contains ., then S \ {.} is a subset of A' and has been included in step (2); otherwise if . is not in S, then S is a subset of A' and has been included in step (1). So assuming there is a subset of A which is not described by this process leads to a contradiction.
If you want to show that A is a subset of B, you need to show that every element of A belongs to B. In other words, show that every object of A is also an object of B.
elementary proof
The null set. Every set is a subset of itself and so the null set is a subset of the null set.
Yes the null set is a subset of every set.
The null set. It is a subset of every set.
yes
No. The null set cannot have a proper subset. For any other set, the null set will be a proper subset. There will also be other proper subsets.
The definition of subset is ; Set A is a subset of set B if every member of A is a member of B. The null set is a subset of every set because every member of the null set is a member of every set. This is true because there are no members of the null set, so anything you say about them is vacuously true.
Yes. A null set is always a subset of any set. Also, any set is a subset of the [relevant] universal set.
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Yes.
-- The null set is a set with no members. -- So it has no members that are absent from any other set.
A set with only one element in it. The only proper subset of such a set is the null set.
There is only one empty set, also known as the null set. It is the set having no members at all. It is a subset of every set, since it has no member that is not a member of any other set.