Complement

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Definition

The complement of a set is everything not in it. For example given a set [ilmath]A[/ilmath] in a space [ilmath]X[/ilmath] the complement of [ilmath]A[/ilmath] (often denoted [ilmath]A^c[/ilmath], [ilmath]A'[/ilmath] or [ilmath]C(A)[/ilmath]) is given by:

[math]A^c=\{x\in X|x\notin A\}=X-A[/math]

It may also be written using set subtraction

Examples

Take [ilmath]X=\mathbb{R}[/ilmath] and [math]A=[0,1)=\{x\in\mathbb{R}|0\le x< 1\}[/math] then [math]A^c=(-\infty,0)\cup[1,\infty)[/math]

Cartesian products

Theorem: [math][A\times B]^c=[A^c\times B^c]\udot[A^c\times B]\udot[A\times B^c][/math]




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