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Vocabulary - Intersection

Common elements only

The intersection of sets AA and BB is the set of elements that belong to both AA and BB. You write ABA \cap B.

For example, if A={1,2,3}A = \{1, 2, 3\} and B={2,3,4}B = \{2, 3, 4\}, then AB={2,3}A \cap B = \{2, 3\}. Only 22 and 33 appear in both.

If two sets share no elements, their intersection is \emptyset. In code, intersection finds common items between two collections.