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Union and intersection of set families (A∨B,A∧B)

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For set families, A∨B={A∪B:A∈A,B∈B} and A∧B={A∩B:A∈A,B∈B}. These are families of distinct sets, rather than multisets indexed by pairs. The four functions theorem gives ∣A∨B∣∣A∧B∣≥∣A∣∣B∣. Complementing one input family yields the analogous product bound for pairwise set differences.

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