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<span class="type">Section</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Set Theory</span>
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<div class="para" id="sec-Set-Theory-2">When we perform an experiment, there are many results that we might see. We want to be able to quantify the likelihood of seeing certain results. For this, we need to develop some mathematical terminology.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#sec-Set-Theory-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.1</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-sample-space-1-1">The <dfn class="terminology">sample space</dfn>, often denoted <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\text{,}\)</span> is the set of all possible results of an experiment. A single result is called an <dfn class="terminology">outcome</dfn>, while a collection of results is called an <dfn class="terminology">event</dfn>.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-sample-space-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.2</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="example-sample-space-1-1">An experiment consists of rolling a standard 6-sided die. The sample space is <span class="process-math">\(\Omega = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}\text{.}\)</span> One possible event is <span class="process-math">\(A = \{2, 4, 6\}\text{,}\)</span> i.e., the event that the result of the roll is even.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#example-sample-space-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
</div> <div class="para" id="example-sample-space-1-2">What would the sample space look like if we roll the die two times and recorded the results?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#example-sample-space-1-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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\begin{align*}
\Omega = \{\amp (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), \\
\amp (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), \\
\amp (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), \\
\amp (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), \\
\amp (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), \\
\amp (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\}
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<div class="para">Note that, for example, <span class="process-math">\((1, 2)\)</span> is a different outcome from <span class="process-math">\((2, 1)\text{.}\)</span>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.3</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-subset-1-1">Let <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> be a set. The symbol <span class="process-math">\(\in\)</span> means "is an element of", as in <span class="process-math">\(a \in A\text{.}\)</span> Given another set <span class="process-math">\(B\text{,}\)</span> we say <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> is a <dfn class="terminology">subset</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(B\text{,}\)</span> written <span class="process-math">\(A\subset B\text{,}\)</span> to mean that every element of the set <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> is also an element of the set <span class="process-math">\(B\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-subset-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.4</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para">Consider sets <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B\text{,}\)</span> each contained inside <span class="process-math">\(\Omega\text{.}\)</span> We can combine sets in a variety of ways:</div>
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<dd><div class="para" id="def-set-operations-1-1-4-1-2">The <dfn class="terminology">union</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> is the set <span class="process-math">\(A \cup B = \{x \mid x \in A \text{ or } x \in B\}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-set-operations-1-1-4-1-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<dd><div class="para" id="def-set-operations-1-1-4-2-2">The <dfn class="terminology">intersection</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> is the set <span class="process-math">\(A \cap B = \{x \mid x \in A \text{ and } x \in B\}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-set-operations-1-1-4-2-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<dd><div class="para" id="def-set-operations-1-1-4-3-2">The <dfn class="terminology">set difference</dfn> <span class="process-math">\(A-B\)</span> is the set <span class="process-math">\(A - B = \{x \mid x \in A \text{ and } x \notin B\}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-set-operations-1-1-4-3-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<dd><div class="para" id="def-set-operations-1-1-4-4-2">The <dfn class="terminology">complement</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> is the set <span class="process-math">\(A^c = \{x \in \Omega \mid x \notin A\}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-set-operations-1-1-4-4-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<dd><div class="para" id="def-set-operations-1-1-4-5-2">The <dfn class="terminology">empty set</dfn>, usually written <span class="process-math">\(\emptyset\)</span> or <span class="process-math">\(\{\}\text{,}\)</span> is the set which contains no elements.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-set-operations-1-1-4-5-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<figcaption><span class="type">Figure</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.5<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span>Example Venn Diagram<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Figure 1.1.5"><a href="#fig-Venn-diagram" title="Copy heading and permalink for Figure 1.1.5" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Figure 1.1.5">🔗</a></div></figcaption></figure><article class="definition definition-like" id="def-disjoint"><h3 class="heading">
<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.6</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-disjoint-1-1">Two sets <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> are <dfn class="terminology">disjoint</dfn> if <span class="process-math">\(A \cap B = \emptyset\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-disjoint-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">1.1.7</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-cardinality-1-1">Given a finite set <span class="process-math">\(A\text{,}\)</span> the <dfn class="terminology">cardinality</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(A\text{,}\)</span> written <span class="process-math">\(|A|\text{,}\)</span> is the number of elements in <span class="process-math">\(A\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-cardinality-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Exercises</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber"></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Exercises</span>
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<article class="exercise exercise-like" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1"><h4 class="heading"><span class="codenumber">1<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span></h4>
<div class="introduction" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1-1"><div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1-1-1">Consider the sets <span class="process-math">\(A = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10\}\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(B = \{2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19\}\text{,}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(C = \{9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20\}\text{,}\)</span> which are all subsets of <span class="process-math">\(\Omega = \{1, 2, 3, \dotsc, 20\}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1-2-1-1">Find <span class="process-math">\(A - (B \cap C)\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="process-math">\(\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8\}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-2-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1-3-1-1">Find <span class="process-math">\(|A|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|B|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|C|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A\cup B|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A \cap B|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|B\cap C|\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A\cap C|\text{,}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(|A\cup B\cup C|\text{.}\)</span> Is it true that the size of the union of sets is equal to the sum of the sizes of the individual sets?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="process-math">\(|A| = 10\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|B| = 7\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|C| = 7\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A \cup B| = 13\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A \cap B| = 4\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|B\cap C| = 3\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A\cap C| = 2\text{,}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(|A\cup B\cup C| = 17\text{.}\)</span> In particular, note that <span class="process-math">\(|A\cup B| = 13 \neq 10 + 7 = |A| + |B|\text{,}\)</span> so it is not true in general that the size of the union of sets is the sum of the sizes of the individual sets.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-3-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-1-4-1-1">Find <span class="process-math">\(A^c\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\((A\cup B)^c\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-1-4-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-2-1-1">Suppose we have a 6-sided die thats weighted to roll a 6 half of the time. We roll the die two times. List the set of all possible results. [Note: the result (2, 4)---rolling a 2 and then a 4---is different from the result <span class="process-math">\((4, 2)\)</span>---rolling a 4 and then a 2.]<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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\Omega = \{\amp (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), \\
\amp (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), \\
\amp (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), \\
\amp (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), \\
\amp (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), \\
\amp (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\}
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-3-1-1">Suppose we flip a coin two times. List the set of all possible results. What about flipping three times? Four times? If we flip the coin 10 times, how many possible results will there be?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-3-2-1">For two flips: <span class="process-math">\(\Omega = \{ HH, HT, TH, TT \}\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-3-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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\begin{align*}
\Omega = \{ \amp HHHH, HHHT, HHTH, HTHH, \\
\amp THHH, HHTT, HTHT, HTTH, \\
\amp THHT, THTH, TTHH, HTTT, \\
\amp THTT, TTHT, TTTH, TTTT \}.
\end{align*}
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-3-2-4">Each additional flip doubles the number of outcomes. So, with ten flips, well have <span class="process-math">\(|\Omega| = 2^{10} = 1024\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-3-2-4" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-4-1-1">If we roll a 6-sided die ten times, how many possible results will there be?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-4-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Set-Theory-4-2-1">Each additional roll will multiply the number of outcomes by 6. So, with 10 rolls, well have <span class="process-math">\(|\Omega| = 6^{10}.\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Set-Theory-4-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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