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Discrete Math: Sets and Set Operations

Learn about sets and set operations and their relevance to computer science.

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    1 course
    We suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Discrete Math: Sets and Set Operations:
    • Discrete Math: Binary and Bases

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Continue your Discrete Math learning journey with Discrete Math: Sets and Set Operations. Learn about the basics of set theory, operations on sets, and the application of sets in computer science and data science. Use Python to represent your sets and perform operations on them.

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Alisha Grama
Senior Instructional Designer, Computer Science at Codecademy
Alisha is a Senior Instructional Designer in the computer science domain at Codecademy. Alisha majored in Computer Science and minored in Ethics at the University of Rochester, where she gained experience as a Teaching Assistant. Before joining Codecademy, she taught STEM concepts to secondary students, including as the Lead Algebra Teacher at a Brooklyn charter school.
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