Set Theory
Notation
Mathematicians
"P"
"NP"
100
This is inside a set
What is an Element?
100
This denotes equivalence
What is an equal sign?
100
He supposedly added up the numbers from 1 to 100 before his teacher left the room when he was only five years old.
Who is Carl Fredrich Gauss?
100
This is what mathematicians use to determine which theorems are true
What is a Proof?
100
If N + P = 0 and N - P = 0, then what are N and P?
What is Zero?
200
When two sets are combined
What is the union of two sets?
200
What is and?
200
He supposedly had a proof that a^n + b^n does not equal c^n for any n > 2 but he claims that he could not fit it in the margin of his book. He was right.
Who is Pierre de Fermat?
200
a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion
What is a Proposition?
200
If N is divided by P evenly and N is even, then P must be divisible by this number.
What is Two?
300
When only the elements in both sets are selected
What is the intersection of two sets?
300
What is or?
300
Him and Alfred Whitehead proved that 1 + 1 = 2
Who is Bertrand Russell?
300
Carl Gauss has often been referred to as the ____ of mathematics.
What is Prince?
300
If N and P are both points on opposite ends of a circle, then the line segment NP is this
What is the Diameter?
400
The empty set
What is the null set?
400
What is there exists?
400
He is the father of set theory. He went insane later in life.
Who is Georg Cantor?
400
An infinite amount of these lie along a line
What are Points?
400
If N and P are both points on opposite ends of a circle and O is halfway between N and P, then line segments NO and OP are these
What are Radii?
500
This is the set of all sets
What is the universal set?
500
What is for all?
500
It was he that said "No one shall expel us from the paradise which Cantor has created for us".
Who is David Hilbert?
500
This is a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics, written by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell and published in 1910, 1912, and 1913
What is Principia Mathematica?
500
If NP is a two digit number and N = P - 2, then this is the highest number NP can be
What is 79?
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