1.3.4.4 Is Not a Subset/Superset
If
has any element that’s not in
, then
is not a subset of
, denoted by
⊈
. Equivalently, we can also say that
is not a superset of
, denoted by
⊉
.
Example 1.16. Consider the below examples:
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{1, 2} ⊈ {2, 3}, as element 1 is not available in the right set
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{red, blue, green} ⊈ {orange, blue, green}, as element red is not
available in the right set
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{2, 3} ⊉ {4, 2}, as element 4 is not available in the left set