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Common Number Sets

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Common Number Sets
Name Symbol Elements of Number Set
Natural (Counting) Numbers \mathbb{N} \{1,2,3,4,5,\ldots\,\}
Prime Numbers \mathbb{P} \{2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,\ldots\,\}
Composite Numbers \mathbb{P'} \{4,6,8,9,12,14,15,16,18,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,28,30,32,33,34,35,36,\ldots\,\}
Whole Numbers \mathbb{W} \{0,1,2,3,4,5,\ldots\,\}
Integer Numbers \mathbb{Z} \{0,\pm1,\pm2,\pm3,\pm4,\pm5,\ldots\}
Rational Numbers \mathbb{Q} \{x\mid x=\frac{p}{q},q\neq0,p\in\mathbb{Z},q\in\mathbb{Z}\}\,\,\!
Irrational Numbers \mathbb{Q'} \{x\mid x\in\mathbb{R}, x\notin\mathbb{Q}\}=\{\pi,e,\varphi,\sqrt{2},\sqrt{3},\sqrt{5},\sqrt{6},\sqrt{7},\sqrt{8},\sqrt{10},\sqrt{11},\ldots\}\,
Real Numbers \mathbb{R} \{x\mid (x\in \mathbb{Q})\cup(x\in \mathbb{Q'})\,\,\!
Complex Numbers \mathbb{C} \{x\mid Im(x)>0\}\,



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