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An operation on sets. Let <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317001.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317002.png" /> be two sets (where the second need not be contained in the first). Then the set of those elements of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317003.png" /> that are not elements of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317004.png" /> is called the difference of these sets.
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An operation on sets. Let $A$ and $B$ be two sets (where the second need not be contained in the first). Then the set of those elements of $A$ that are not elements of $B$ is called the difference of these sets.
  
The difference between two sets <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317005.png" /> and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317006.png" /> is denoted by <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/d/d031/d031700/d0317007.png" />.
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The difference between two sets $A$ and $B$ is denoted by $A\setminus B$.
  
  

Revision as of 14:33, 19 March 2014

An operation on sets. Let $A$ and $B$ be two sets (where the second need not be contained in the first). Then the set of those elements of $A$ that are not elements of $B$ is called the difference of these sets.

The difference between two sets $A$ and $B$ is denoted by $A\setminus B$.


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See also Symmetric difference of sets.

How to Cite This Entry:
Difference of two sets. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Difference_of_two_sets&oldid=31399
This article was adapted from an original article by M.I. Voitsekhovskii (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article