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Lesson 4: Indexed Sets

Topic. This lesson covers:

• Sec 1.8: Indexed Sets

Learning Outcomes.

• Take unions and intersections of collections of sets indexed by the natural numbers or other sets.

Homework. There is 1 written assignment on today’s material:

1. Homework: Section 1.8 p.29: 3, 5, 6, 8

Lecture Notes:

Contents

• indices
• indexed sets
• index set I

Indexed Sets

Introduction

When we need to talk about a lot of different sets, instead of giving each of them different names it’s convenient to keep track of them by using subscript numbers, like . The subscript numbers are called indexes (“indices”), and the sets are called indexed sets

Definitions and Theorems

• Indexed sets are sets that are distinguished by attaching subscript numbers (instead of using different letters), such as . We call the number and the indices.
• Unions and intersections of many sets. Suppose are sets. Then
• Notation. Given sets we define

• Definition. The index set is the set of all indices (of a collection of sets).
• Notation. If is an index set, and for each we have a corresponding set then

Examples: Indexed Sets

Example 1: Suppose and .
Find

VIDEO: Introduction to Indexed Sets, Example 1

Example 2: Consider the following infinite list of sets:

Find

VIDEO: Indexed Sets – Example 2

Example 3: Let the index set be the interval that is . For each number , let the set .

VIDEO: Indexed Sets – Example 3

Introduction to Logic

The word logic refers to the way that humans reason how we combine old information to deduce new information.  It is nothing exotic – you use logic all the time in your everyday life, and certainly when you do mathematics.  In Chapter 2, we will be looking at this familiar tool and studying its rules.

VIDEO: Introduction to Logic

Exit Question

Let the index set be the closed interval , that is . For each number , let the set .