complement of a set symbol

complement of a set

compliment of a set A , denoted by A’ . or  A compliment relative to the universal set U is the set of all element U , which do not belong to A.complement of a set symbol : A’ = { x | x ∈ U ∧ x ∉ A } 

Explanation A compliment equal to: x :such that:  x is a member of U and x is not a member of A.

complement of a set

complement of a set symbol A^{c}

For Example: 

If  Set U =  N ( is the set of natural number) 

E ‘ = O  ( even number compliment = odd number)

O ‘ = E  ( odd number compliment = even number)

Example:  If  U = { 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 }

E’ = U –  E  = O

E’ = { 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 } – { 2, 4,6,8 }  = { 1, 3, 5 ,7,9} = ODD number

For Example: 

If  Set U =  N ( is the set of natural number) 

E ‘ = O  ( even number compliment = odd number)

O ‘ = E  ( odd number compliment = even number)

Example:  If  U = { 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 }

O’ = U –  O  = E ( even number)

O’ = { 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 } – { 1,3,5,7,9 }  = { 2,4,6,8} = Even  number.

Overlapping Sets:

If the intersection of two sets is non empty ( have number) but neither is a subset of the other, The set is called overlapping sets, Example on;

L = { 2,3,4,5,6} and M = { 5,6,7,8,9,10} then L and M are two overlapping set;

overlapping set

A union B set Venn diagram