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Cryptography
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= for all
= it exists
= it belongs
: = such that
| = such that
s.t. = such that
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= list of the elements of a set
= size of the set A or number of elements of the set A
= this indicates subset. Literally means it includes
= this indicates subset or equal. Literally it means
it includes or it is equal to
= intersection, AND.
A B is the set that contains all those elements that A and B have in common
= union, OR.
A B is the set that contains all those elements that are either in A or in B or in both
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= description of the input set and output
set of a function. All the input of the function
f belongs to the set X, all the output of a function
f belongs to the set Y
= this is the way to express that the function f has two inputs. One
from the set K and the other from the set X