Polynym Math

set comparison between two polynyms

Panthropology ⊥ Pgroup development


Equality

$$A \neq B$$
A is not equal to B

Subset

$$A \not\subseteq B$$
A is not a subset of or equal to B

Superset

$$A \not\supseteq B$$
A is not a superset of or equal to B

Intersection

$$A \cap B =$$
{ }

Union

$$A \cup B =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, forming, linguistic anthropology, norming, performing, storming }

Symmetric Difference

$$A \ominus B =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, forming, linguistic anthropology, norming, performing, storming }

Difference

$$A - B =$$
{ archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology }

Difference

$$B - A =$$
{ forming, norming, performing, storming }

Cartesian Product

$$A \times B =$$
{ (archaeology, forming),
(archaeology, norming),
(archaeology, performing),
(archaeology, storming),
(biological anthropology, forming),
(biological anthropology, norming),
(biological anthropology, performing),
(biological anthropology, storming),
(cultural anthropology, forming),
(cultural anthropology, norming),
(cultural anthropology, performing),
(cultural anthropology, storming),
(linguistic anthropology, forming),
(linguistic anthropology, norming),
(linguistic anthropology, performing),
(linguistic anthropology, storming) }
Polynym
Anthropology

anthropology

Source
Franz Boaz
Area
Anthropology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
kemp


vs.

group development

Source
Bruce Tuckman
Area
Sociology
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
4 types of anthropology

4 steps of group development
archaeology
biological anthropology
cultural anthropology
linguistic anthropology

forming
storming
norming
performing
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