Set Relation Language

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Created: September 6, 2015 / Updated: December 12, 2016 / Status: in progress / 2 min read (~360 words)

  • A = {1, 2, 3}
  • {x | x = 1 or x = 2 or x = 3}
  • {x | P(x)} (where P is a predicate)

Results in a boolean value.

  • x memberOf A
  • x containedIn A
  • x includedIn A
  • x elementOf A, x in A, x eo A
  • A contains x
  • A includes x, A has x
  • A subsetOf B, A <= B
  • A properSubsetOf B, A < B
  • B supersetOf A, B >= A
  • B properSupersetOf A, B > A

  • cardinality(A), card(A), |A| -> int (set is seen as a collection of elements)
  • subsetCardinality(A), sscard(A) -> int (set is seen as a collection of elements AND sets)

Results in a Set.

  • A union B, union(A, B), A + B, A | B, A u B
  • A intersection B, intersection(A, B), A & B, A i B
  • A difference B, difference(A, B), A - B, A \ B, A d B
  • A symmetricDifference B, symmetricDifference(A, B) A xor B, A ^ B, A sd B
  • A cartesianProduct B, cartesianProduct(A, B), A cartesian B, A x B, A * B, A cp B
  • power A, power(A), p A, A**, A^, A^n

Results in a boolean value.

Consider f a function that maps items from set A to set B.

  • surjective(f), sur(f)
  • injective(f), inj(f)
  • bijective(f), bij(f)

  • Partial function
  • Total function
  • Reflexive
  • Symmetric
  • Antisymmetric
  • Transitive
  • Surjective
  • Injective
  • Bijective
  • Composition
    • Cartesian product
  • Membership
  • Identity
  • Domain
  • Range
  • Union - Field
  • Inverse
  • Image
  • Preimage

  • x Relation y
    • Tom isA human
    • Tom knows programming
    • Tom knows agi? (how do we determine the NOT operation based on relations alone? if there's no relation, then it implies the NOT operator)