Definition:Set Union/Family of Sets/Subsets of General Set

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Definition

Let $I$ be an indexing set.

Let $\family {S_i}_{i \mathop \in I}$ be an indexed family of subsets of a set $X$.


Then the union of $\family {S_i}$ is defined as:

$\ds \bigcup_{i \mathop \in I} S_i := \set {x \in X: \exists i \in I: x \in S_i}$

where $i$ is a bound variable.


Also denoted as

The set $\ds \bigcup_{i \mathop \in I} S_i$ can also be seen denoted as:

$\ds \bigcup_I S_i$

or, if the indexing set is clear from context:

$\ds \bigcup_i S_i$


The form:

$\ds \bigcup_{S \mathop \in X} S$

can also be seen, but this obscures the true nature of the indexing set.


On $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ it is recommended that the full form is used.


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