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thx Is the theorem correct? Justify your answer with either a proof on a counter

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Question

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Is the theorem correct? Justify your answer with either a proof on a counterexample. Prove that Prove that Suppose B is a set and F is a family of sets. Prove that Suppose F and G are nonempty families of sets and every element of F is disjoint from some element of G. Prove that and are disjoint. Prove that for any set A, Suppose F and G are families of sets. Prove that . What's wrong with the following proof that Proof Suppose This means that and . Thus, we can choose set A such that and Since . Therefore

Explanation / Answer

Power set of A is the set of all the subsets of A.

So it says that A is the union of all its subsets.

How do you prove it? When proving that two sets are equal, A = B, the standard argument is to show that A is a subset of B. Let x be an element of A. Then (some argument) it follows x is an element of B. Therefore x in A => x in B which means A is a subset of B. That's the definition of subset in terms of elements.

Then you do the same thing the other way. Let x be an element of B. Show x in B => x in A. Therefore B is a subset of A.

Since A subset B and B subset A, then A = B.

How does that work here?

1. Let x be an element of A. Argue that x in U(subsets of A), that is, that x is in at least one subset of A.

2. Let x be an element of U(subsets of A). That is x is in some subset of A. Show that means x is in A.

Both of those arguments are almost one-liners.