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Test Yourself

  1. The notation A \subseteq B is read "_____" and means that _____.

  2. To use an element argument for proving that a set X is a subset of a set Y, you suppose that _____ and show that _____.

  3. To disprove that a set X is a subset of a set Y, you show that there is _____.

  4. An element x is in A \cup B if, and only if, _____.

  5. An element x is in A \cap B if, and only if, _____.

  6. An element x is in B - A if, and only if, _____.

  7. An element x is in A^c if, and only if, _____.

  8. The empty set is a set with _____.

  9. The power set of a set A is _____.

  10. Sets A and B are disjoint if, and only if, _____.

  11. A collection of nonempty sets A_1, A_2, A_3, \dots is a partition of a set A if, and only if, _____.