What is meant by set? Give examples.


Set :

  • A set in is a collection of well-defined and distinct objects;  a set also can be considered as an object on its own.
  • The most basic features of a set are that a set has elements or members and that two sets are equal if and only if every element of one set is an element of the other set.
  • Sets are usually denoted by uppercase letters such as A, B, S, or Z. Each object or number in a set is called a member or element of the set.

Examples of sets:

The set of all laptops in the world, The set of all oranges on a tree, and the set of all rational numbers between $-1$ and 1.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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