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1.3.8: Summary

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    A function \(f\colon A \to B\) maps every element of the domain \(A\) to a unique element of the codomain \(B\). If \(x \in A\), we call the \(y\) that \(f\) maps \(x\) to the value \(f(x)\) of \(f\) for argument \(x\). If \(A\) is a set of pairs, we can think of the function \(f\) as taking two arguments. The range \(\ran{f}\) of \(f\) is the subset of \(B\) that consists of all the values of \(f\).

    If \(\ran{f} = B\) then \(f\) is called surjective. The value \(f(x)\) is unique in that \(f\) maps \(x\) to only one \(f(x)\), never more than one. If \(f(x)\) is also unique in the sense that no two different arguments are mapped to the same value, \(f\) is called injective. Functions which are both injective and surjective are called bijective.

    Bijective functions have a unique inverse function \(f^{-1}\). Functions can also be chained together: the function \((g \circ f)\) is the composition of \(f\) with \(g\). Compositions of injective functions are injective, and of surjective functions are surjective, and \((f^{-1} \circ f)\) is the identity function.

    If we relax the requirement that \(f\) must have a value for every \(x \in A\), we get the notion of a partial functions. If \(f\colon A \pto B\) is partial, we say \(f(x)\) is defined, \(f(x) \fdefined\) if \(f\) has a value for argument \(x\), and otherwise we say that \(f(x)\) is undefined, \(f(x) \fundefined\). Any (partial) function \(f\) is associated with the graph \(R_f\) of \(f\), the relation that holds iff \(f(x) = y\).


    This page titled 1.3.8: Summary is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Richard Zach et al. (Open Logic Project) .

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