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He's saying you don't have to understand set theory to use and understand set notation. In the same way that you don't have to understand number theory and abs
by JohnKemeny 3y ago
He's saying you don't have to understand set theory to use and understand set notation.
In the same way that you don't have to understand number theory and abstract algebra to use and understand numbers and their basic operations (such as +, -, ·, /).
- Jtsummers 3y agoIt would help if instead of saying "set theory" we emphasize the algebra of sets. Not by that name, but this level of teaching sets was common in middle school math late last century, not sure about this century, in the US. And this would be enough for most people trying to read technical documents using set notation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_of_sets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra_of_sets