Definition:Intersecting Sets
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Definition
Two sets $S$ and $T$ intersect if and only if:
- $S \cap T \ne \O$
That is, intersecting sets are such that their intersection is a non-empty set -- they have at least one element in common.
Also known as
Some sources refer to intersecting sets as non-disjoint sets.
Also see
- Results about intersecting sets can be found here.
Sources
- 1955: John L. Kelley: General Topology ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $0$: Subsets and Complements; Union and Intersection