List of set symbols of set theory and probability.

Table of set theory symbols

Symbol Symbol Name Meaning / definition Example

A = {3,7,9,14},
set a collection of elements
B = {9,14,28}
objects that belong to set
intersection
A and set B
A ∩ B = {9,14}

objects that belong to set

union
A or set B
A ∪ B = {3,7,9,14,28}

subset has fewer elements

subset
or equal to the set
{9,14,28} ⊆ {9,14,28}

proper subset / subset has fewer elements

strict subset than the set
{9,14} ⊂ {9,14,28}

left set not a subset of

not subset
right set
{9,66} ⊄ {9,14,28}

set A has more elements

superset
or equal to the set B
{9,14,28} ⊇ {9,14,28}

proper superset / set A has more elements

strict superset than set B
{9,14,28} ⊃ {9,14}

set A is not a superset of

not superset
set B
{9,14,28} ⊅ {9,66}

A power set all subsets of A

power set all subsets of A

A={3,9,14},
both sets have the same
equality
members
B={3,9,14},
A=B

c complement
all the objects that do not
belong to set A

A = {3,9,14},
relative objects that belong to A
complement and not to B
B = {1,2,3},
A \ B = {9,14}
A = {3,9,14},
relative objects that belong to A
complement and not to B
B = {1,2,3},
A - B = {9,14}

objects that belong to A or A = {3,9,14},

symmetric
difference
B but not to their B = {1,2,3},
intersection A ∆ B = {1,2,9,14}
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intersection A ∆ B = {1,2,9,14}

objects that belong to A or A = {3,9,14},

symmetric
B but not to their B = {1,2,3},
difference
intersection A ⊖ B = {1,2,9,14}

element of set membership A={3,9,14}, 3 ∈ A

not element of no set membership A={3,9,14}, 1 ∉ A

ordered pair collection of 2 elements

set of all ordered pairs

cartesian product
from A and B

the number of elements of

cardinality
set A
A={3,9,14}, |A|=3

the number of elements of

cardinality
set A
A={3,9,14}, #A=3

infinite cardinality of
aleph-null
natural numbers set

cardinality of countable
aleph-one
ordinal numbers set

empty set Ø={} C = {Ø}

universal set set of all possible values

natural numbers /
0 whole numbers 0 = {0,1,2,3,4,...} 0∈ 0
set (with zero)

natural numbers /
1 whole numbers 1 = {1,2,3,4,5,...} 6∈ 1
set (without zero)

integer numbers =
-6 ∈
set {...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...}
rational numbers
set = {x | x=a/b, a,b∈ } 2/6 ∈

real numbers set = {x | -∞ < x <∞} 6.343434 ∈

complex numbers = {z | z=a+bi,

6+2i ∈
set -∞<a<∞, -∞<b<∞}

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