By Edward Batschelet
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H. P. Friedrich for measuring some quadrupeds at the Zoo of Zurich, Switzerland, and to the director of the Zoo, Dr. H. Hediger, for his permission. Survey 25 As we see from the above table, the shoulder-hip length of a dachshund is almost three times as great as the width. Let us imagine an animal of the same shape but much larger, say I = 350 cm and h = 120 cm. Then I: h2 / 3 = 14 : 1. Such an animal could hardly stand on its feet. The torso would probably touch the ground 13. The numerical evaluation of h2 / 3 may cause a practical difficulty.
The Venn diagram shown in Fig. 4 gives an intuitive idea of the new concept. 2) AnB={xlxEA and xEB}. Notice that the word "and" is used here in the sense "both ... and ... ". 2) and learn that "and" is associated with "intersection" and "or" associated with "union". Examples 1. {3,4, 5, 6}n{4, 6, 8} = {4, 6}, {l, 2}n{3, 4} = 0. 2. Two families of the same order are by definition disjoint, that is, they have no species in common. Their intersection is an empty set. 3. Consider lines as infinite sets of points.
B is a subset of B: BCB. If we want to say that A is a proper subset of B, that fewer members than B, we may write ACB, IS, A*B. 5) The empty set is considered as a subset of every set, that is, 0CA. 4) may be made by B)A. 7) We read "B contains A". The analogy with> is obvious 2 • 1 The symbol E was proposed by the Italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932). 2 The symbols ) and c were proposed by the German mathematician Ernst Schroder (1841-1902). Notations and Symbols 39 Frequently, sets of any sort of members are represented by sets of points.
