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Dr.

Kholoud Nairoukh
Department of Computer Science
German-Jordanian University
Lecture 8
• A function can be naturally generalized to the
concept of assigning elements of any set to
elements of any set. (Also known as a map.)

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• For any sets A, B, we say that a function f
from (or “mapping”) A to B (f:A→B) is a
particular assignment of exactly one element
f(x)B to each element xA.

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• Functions can be represented graphically in
several ways:

f A B
• •
f • •
a• • • y
b •
•
•
•
A x
B Bipartite Graph Plot
Like Venn diagrams
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• If it is written that f:A→B, and f(a)=b
(where aA & bB), then we say:
– A is the domain of f. We also say
– B is the codomain of f. the signature
of f is A→B.
– b is the image of a under f.
– a is a pre-image of b under f.
• In general, b may have more than 1 pre-
image.
– The range RB of f is R={b | a f(a)=b }.

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• “f is a function mapping students in this
class to the set of grades A,B,C,D,E}.”

• At this point, the f’s codomain is:


{A,B,C,D,E} , and its range is unknown!

• Suppose the grades turn out all As and Bs.


Then the range of f is {A,B}, but its codomain
is still {A,B,C,D,E}! .

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Example

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• If • (“dot”) is any operator over B, then we
can extend • to also denote an operator over
functions f:A→B.

• Example: Given any binary operator •:BB→B,


and functions f,g:A→B, we define
(f • g):A→B to be the function defined by:
aA, (f • g)(a) = f(a)•g(a).

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• +,× (“plus”,“times”) are binary operators over
R. (Normal addition & multiplication.)

• Therefore, we can also add and multiply


functions f,g:R→R:
(f + g):R→R, where (f + g)(x) = f(x) + g(x)
(f × g):R→R, where (f × g)(x) = f(x) × g(x)

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• For functions g:A→B and f:B→C, there is a
special operator called compose (“○”).
– It composes (creates) a new function out of
f and g by applying f to the result of applying
g.
– We say (f○g):A→C, where (f○g)(a) :≡ f(g(a)).
– Note g(a)B, so f(g(a)) is defined and C.
– Note that ○ (like Cartesian , but unlike
+,,) is non-commuting. (Generally, f○g 
g○f.)
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• A function is one-to-one (1-1), or injective,
or an injection, iff every element of its
range has only 1 pre-image.
Formally: given f:A→B,
“x is injective” : (x,y: xy  f(x)=f(y)).

• Only one element of the domain is mapped to


any given one element of the range.
Domain & range have same cardinality. What
about codomain? May be larger!
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• For functions f over numbers, we say:
– f is strictly increasing iff x>y → f(x)>f(y) for all
x,y in domain;
– f is strictly decreasing iff x>y → f(x)<f(y) for all
x,y in domain;

• If f is either strictly increasing or strictly


decreasing, then f is one-to-one.

• Example: x3
– Converse is not necessarily true. Example: 1/x

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• A function f:A→B is onto or surjective or a
surjection iff its range is equal to its codomain
(bB, aA: f(a)=b).

• Think: An onto function maps the set A onto


(over, covering) the entirety of the set B, not
just over a piece of it.

• E.g., for domain & codomain R, x3 is onto,


whereas x2 isn’t. (Why not?)

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• A function f is said to be a one-to-one
correspondence, or a bijection, or reversible,
or invertible, iff it is
both one-to-one and onto.

• For bijections f:A→B, there exists an inverse


of f, written f −1:B→A, which is the unique
function such that
– (where IA is the identity function on A)
−1
f  f = IA
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• In discrete math, we will frequently use the
following two functions over real numbers:

– The floor function ·:R→Z, where x


(“floor of x”) means the largest (most
positive) integer  x. I.e., x :≡
max({iZ|i≤x}).
– The ceiling function · :R→Z, where x
(“ceiling of x”) means the smallest (most
negative) integer  x. x :≡ min({iZ|i≥x})

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• Function variables f, g, h, …
• Notations: f:A→B, f(a), f(A).
• Terms: image, preimage, domain, codomain,
range, one-to-one, onto, strictly
(in/de)creasing, bijective, inverse,
composition.
• Function unary operator f−1,
binary operators +, −, etc., and ○.
• The R→Z functions x and x.

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