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Contents<br />

Preface<br />

Introduction<br />

vii<br />

viii<br />

I<br />

Fundamentals<br />

1. Sets 3<br />

1.1. Introduction to Sets 3<br />

1.2. The Cartesian Product 8<br />

1.3. Subsets 11<br />

1.4. Power Sets 14<br />

1.5. Union, Intersection, Difference 17<br />

1.6. Complement 19<br />

1.7. Venn Diagrams 21<br />

1.8. Indexed Sets 24<br />

1.9. Sets that Are Number Systems 28<br />

1.10. Russell’s Paradox 29<br />

2. Logic 31<br />

2.1. Statements 32<br />

2.2. And, Or, Not 36<br />

2.3. Conditional Statements 39<br />

2.4. Biconditional Statements 42<br />

2.5. Truth Tables for Statements 44<br />

2.6. Logical Equivalence 47<br />

2.7. Quantifiers 49<br />

2.8. More on Conditional Statements 52<br />

2.9. Translating English to Symbolic Logic 53<br />

2.10. Negating Statements 55<br />

2.11. Logical Inference 59<br />

2.12. An Important Note 60<br />

3. Counting 61<br />

3.1. Counting Lists 61<br />

3.2. Factorials 68<br />

3.3. Counting Subsets 71<br />

3.4. Pascal’s Triangle and the Binomial Theorem 76<br />

3.5. Inclusion-Exclusion 79

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