Disjoint Union

🅟 Mar 24, 2026

  🅤 Jun 23, 2026

Definition 1.

If a set $X$ is disjoint, the union of $X$ is called a disjoint union. The notation

\[A = \bigsqcup X\]

means

\[A = \bigcup X \enspace\land\enspace \text{$X$ is disjoint}.\]

For any sets $X_1$, $\cdots$, $X_n$ ($n \geq 2$), we write

\[X_1 \sqcup \cdots \sqcup X_n = \bigsqcup \{X_1, \cdots, X_n\}.\]

Proposition 1.

For any finite disjoint set $X$,

\[\Big\lvert \bigcup X \Big\rvert = \sum_{A \in X} \lvert A \rvert.\]

Proof. By CARD-AR > Proposition 1.