Class 11th mathematics (sets)

Sets are defined as a well-defined collection of objects. A set without any element is termed as an empty set. A set comprising of definite elements is termed as a finite set whereas if the set has an indefinite number of elements it is termed an infinite set. Two sets P and Q are equal if they have exactly the same number of elements. A set P is a subset of a set Q if all the elements of P are also an element of Q. A power set [A(P)] of a set P comprising of all subsets of P. The union of sets P and Q is a set comprising of all elements which are either in sets P or Q. The intersection of sets P and Q is a set comprising of all common elements of sets P and Q. Similarly, the difference of sets P and Q in the same order is a set comprising of elements belonging to P but not Q.
Important Equations
  1. For any two sets P and Q,
  • (P ∪ Q)′ = P′ ∩ Q′
  • (P ∩ Q)′ = P′ ∪ Q′
  1. If P and Q are finite sets such that P ∩ Q = φ, then n (P ∪ Q) = n (P) + n (Q).
  2. If P ∩ Q ≠ φ, then
n (P ∪ Q) = n (P) + n (Q) – n (P ∩ Q)
  1. n (P ∪ Q ∪ R) = n(P) + n(Q) + n(R) – n(P ∩ Q) – n(P ∩ Q) – n(P ∩ Q ) + n(P ∩ Q ∩ R)
  2. If P is a subset of set U (Universal Set), then its complement (P′) is also a subset of Universal Set (U).

Some Properties of Operation of Intersection

  • P ∩ Q = Q ∩ P (Commutative law).
  • (P ∩ Q) ∩ R = P ∩ (Q ∩ R) (Associative law).
  • φ ∩ P = φ, U ∩ P = P.
  • P ∩ P = P (Idempotent law).
  • P ∩ (Q ∪ R) = (P ∩ Q) ∪ (P ∩ Q) (Distributive law).

Some Properties of the Operation of Union

  • P ∪ Q = Q ∪ P (Commutative law).
  • (P ∪ Q) ∪ R = P ∪ ( Q ∪ R) (Associative law).
  • P ∪ φ = P (Law of the identity element).
  • U ∪ P = U (Law of U).

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