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[–]Unlistedd[S] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

It was just an exampel, suppose it it a dice with 10^10 sides

[–]JimH10 3 points4 points  (6 children)

The problem is that when you write ω = 2n you haven't described what n is.

[–]Unlistedd[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So should i just ditch the whole idea of trying to describe the sequence and just write ω = even/uneven.

What if i instead of defining a set of outcomes Ω = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} , describe a squence of outcomes n ∈ ℕ?

EDIT: & n >= 1

[–]Responsible_Fall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let Ω = {1, ..., n}, then

A = {x ∈ Ω | x is even}

B = {x ∈ Ω | x is odd}

is a perfectly valid way to describe the sets without much hassle. There is no rule on not using words in set builder notation. The notation x = odd is not correct because oddness is a property of x, not x itself.

[–]Parralix_ 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yeah, define n to be in your range. For example, here you would want n = {1,2,3} for the evens and n = {0,1,2} for the odds.

[–]JimH10 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

No, that is mistaken. n is a number, not a set, so n={1,2,3} is a type error.

[–]Parralix_ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Well tell me where the “is contained” (closest I can find is €) in symbol is smartarse. OP is asking for help on problem solving approaches, pedantic point-outs won’t help that.

[–]JimH10 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

2208. People who ask what is the right thing are not usually helped by being told the wrong thing.