Symmetric Difference/Examples/Arbitrary Example 2

Example of Symmetric Difference

Let:

$A = \set {1, 2, 3, 4}$

$B = \set {3, 4, 5, 6}$

Then their symmetric difference is given by:

$A \symdif B = \set {1, 2, 5, 6}$

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): symmetric difference
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): symmetric difference