Set Definition by Predicate/Examples/Men

Example of Set Definition by Predicate

An example in natural language of a set definition by predicate is:

$S := \set {x: x \text { is a man} }$

Thus $S$ is the set which contains all men and only men.


Sources

  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): abstraction: 1.
  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): set (class)
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): abstraction: 1.
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): set (class)
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