Set Minus

Type it

Ways to write the Set Minus symbol
UnicodeU+2216
LaTeX\setminus
HTML entity∖
Character∖

Meaning

Gives the elements of the left set that are not in the right set. This is also called the set difference. Compare with Union and Intersection.

How to read it

A ∖ B

is read “A minus B”.

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