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Absolute complement

In set theory, the complement of a setA, often denoted by Ac{\displaystyle A^{c}} (or A′), is the set of elements not in A. When all elements in the universe, i.e. all elements under consideration, are considered to be members of a given set U, the absolute complement of A is the set of elements in U that are not in A. The relative complement of A with respect to a set B, also termed the set difference of B and A, written B∖A,{\displaystyle B\setminus A,} is the set of elements in B that are not in A. Absolute complementDefinitionIf A is a set, then the absolute complement of A (or simply the complement of A) is the set of elements not in A (within a larger set that is implicitly defined).

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