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set difference (Definition)
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See Also: symmetric difference, the inverse image commutes with set operations, difference

Other names:  difference between sets, difference
Keywords:  set

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properties of set difference (Derivation) by CWoo
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Cross-references: vector space, complement, subsets, Venn diagram
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This is version 29 of set difference, born on 2001-11-16, modified 2008-09-17.
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AMS MSC: 03E20 (Mathematical logic and foundations :: Set theory :: Other classical set theory )
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for example by akrowne on 2001-11-17 10:44:36
Often one will see \mathbb{Z} \ {0} to mean "integers except zero", etc
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