| Symbol |
Description |
Location |
| \(x\in A\) |
\(x\) is an element of \(A\)
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| \(\not\in\) |
\(x\) is not an element of \(A\)
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| \(\{\ldots\}\) |
curly brackets |
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| \(\emptyset\) |
the empty set |
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| \(A
\subseteq B\) |
\(A\) is a subset of \(B\)
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| \(A \not\subseteq B\) |
\(A\) is not a subset of \(B\)
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| \(A \cap B\) |
intersection of sets \(A,B\)
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| \(A \cup B\) |
union of sets \(A,B\)
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| \(A \setminus B\) |
difference of sets \(A,B\)
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| \({\mathcal P}(A)\) |
power set of a set \(A\)
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Exercise 1.1.2 |
| \((x,y)\) |
ordered pair |
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| \(A\times
B\) |
the (Cartesian) product of sets \(A,B\)
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| \(f\colon S\to T\) |
a function \(f\) with domain \(S\) and codomain \(T\)
|
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| \(f(s)=t\) |
\((s,t)\) is an element of \(f\)
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| \(g\of f\) |
composition of functions \(g,f\)
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| \(I_S\) |
identity function on a set \(S\)
|
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| \(\Id_S\) |
identity function on a set \(S\)
|
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| \(\One_S\) |
identity function on a set \(S\)
|
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| \(f(U)\) |
the image of the set \(U\) under the function \(f\)
|
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| \(f^{-1}(V)\) |
the preimage of the set \(V\) under the function \(f\)
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| \(|S|\) |
size of a finite set \(S\)
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| \(\Z\) |
the set of integers |
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| \(a|b\) |
\(a\) divides \(b\)
|
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| \(a\nmid b\) |
\(a\) does not divide \(b\)
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| \(a\equiv b \pmod{m}\) |
\(a\) is equivalent to \(b\) modulo \(m\)
|
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| \(\Z_m\) |
the set \(\{0,1,\ldots,m-1\}\)
|
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| \(n \MOD m\) |
\(n\) modulo \(m\)
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| \(\Q\) |
the set of rational numbers |
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| \(\chi_A\) |
characteristic function for the set \(A\)
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Exercise 1.8.3.1 |
| \({\mathbf e}_1,{\mathbf e}_2\) |
standard basis vectors in \(\R^2\)
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| \(\left\Vert(a,b)\right\Vert\) |
norm of the ordered pair \((a,b)\)
|
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| \(S^1\) |
unit circle |
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| \([L]\) |
matrix for a linear map \(L\)
|
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| \(\det\) |
determinant of a matrix |
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| \(\re(z)\) |
real part of the complex number \(z\)
|
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| \(\im(z)\) |
imaginary part of the complex number \(z\)
|
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| \(|z|\) |
norm of the complex number \(z\)
|
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| \(\arg(z)\) |
argument of the complex number \(z\)
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| \(i\) |
the complex number \(i\)
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| \(\overline{z}\) |
conjugate of the complex number \(z\)
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| \({z}^\ast\) |
conjugate of the complex number \(z\)
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| \(\proj_{\mathbf{u}}\mathbf{v}\) |
orthogonal projection of vector \(\mathbf{v}\) onto vector \(\mathbf{u}\)
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Exercise 2.4.1.3 |
