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A relation "<=" is a partial order on a set S if it has: 1. Reflexivity: a<=a for all a in S. 2. Antisymmetry: a<=b and b<=a implies a=b. 3. Transitivity: a<=b and b<=c ...

The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms are the basis for Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. In the following (Jech 1997, p. 1), exists stands for exists, forall means for all, in stands for ...

Informally, the sample space for a given set of events is the set of all possible values the events may assume. Formally, the set of possible events for a given random ...

An "area" which can be defined for every set--even those without a true geometric area--which is rigid and finitely additive.

A puzzle in logic in which one or more facts must be inferred from a set of given facts.

The process of taking the complement of a set or truth function. In the latter case, complementation is equivalent to the NOT operation.

S_n=sum_(i)eta_imu(E_i), where mu(E_i) is the measure of the set E_i of points on the x-axis for which f(x) approx eta_i.

An integer that is either 0 or positive, i.e., a member of the set Z^*={0} union Z^+, where Z-+ denotes the positive integers.

An integer that is either 0 or negative, i.e., a member of the set {0} union Z^-, where Z-- denotes the negative integers.

One out of a set of identical observations in a given experiment under identical conditions.