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An element, also called a member, is an object contained within a set or class.
means set
contains the elements 1, 2, 3 and 4.
To show that an element is contained within a set, the symbol is used. If
, then
.
The opposite of this would be , which means the element is not contained within the set.
Elements Within Elements
Elements can also be sets. For example, . The elements of
are not 1, 2, 3, and 4. Actually, there are only three elements of
:
,
, and the set
.