Mathematics

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is one of the essential emanations of the human spirit, a thing to be valued in and for itself, like art or poetry."
Oswald Veblen, 1924

Chap 2: Set Theory (Part 6)



FUNCTIONS:
  • A function f from a set X to a set Y is a relation from X to Y such that x Î X is related to one and only one y Î Y
  • X is called the domain & Y is called the range. We say x is mapped into y.
  • f = {(a, 3), (b, 3), (c, 5), (d, 1)}
  • Functions are described as:
    • Set of ordered pairs, example f as given before
    • Using a formula such as f(x) = expression, example : f (x) = 2x + 2
    • Illustration as in the example below



FUNCTIONS AS RELATIONS:
Only one-to-one and many-to-one relations are considered as a function, ie, a function f from set X to set Y as shown above assigns exactly one element of set Y to elements of set X denoted by an ordered pair of (x,y) such that y= f(x), where xX and yY.

SOME FUNCTION TERMINOLOGY:
                  If f:X®Y, and f(x)=y (where xÎX & yÎY), then:
X is the domain of f
Y is the codomain of f.
y is the image of a under f.
x is a pre-image of b under f.
    In general, y may have more than one pre-image.
The range RÍB of f is {y | $x f (x)= y }.

Range vs Codomain Example:
       Suppose that: “f is a function mapping students in this class to the set of grades {A,B,C,D,E}.”
       At this point, you know 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}! .

Let’s Try~
List down which is function and not function.
A)                                                                               B)




C)                                                                               D)
               


BOOLEAN FUNCTION

DEFINITON
      Boolean algebra defines operations for the set {0, 1}
      Commonly used Boolean operation.
                                                                     





DEGREE OF BOOLEAN
B n = {(x1, x2, ..., xn) | xi {0, 1} for 1 i n} is the set of all n-tuples of 0s and 1s
function from B n to {0, 1} is a Boolean function of degree n.
Example
F(x, y)= B 2 (2 operands)                                                       
 2 n = {(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)}
 2 2 n = 16 possible functions to be derived


                                 16 Possible Boolean functions to be derived here…


BOOLEAN IDENTITIES



PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONS:

1. ONE-TO-ONE FUnction
A function is called a one-to-one or (injective) if exactly each element in the domain of the function are related to one domain in the range.



2. ONTO function
A function is called an onto or (surjective) if all the elements of the range is related to at least one element in the domain.



3. ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE
       A function is bijective if it is one-to-one onto. (also known as one-to-one correspondence)
       Each element in the domain is  only mapped to one element in the range.
       All the elements in the range is related by only one element in the domain.


INVERSE FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION FUNCTIONS

Inverse Function

       Let,
A function f be a one-to-one correspondence from set A to set B. The inverse function of f, denoted as f-1 is the function that assigns to an element b belonging to B the unique element a in A such that  f(a) = b.
       Hence, the inverse can be written as f-1(b)=a

      The function f and its inverse f-1

       Remark: The inverse function of f is true only when f is an one-to-one correspondence.

EXAMPLE:
Let f be the function from {ali, baba, chong} to {cina, malay, india} such that f (ali) = malay, f (baba) = india, and f (chong) = cina.
Is f invertible, and if it is, what is its inverse?
Answer:
The function f is invertible because it is a one-to-one correspondence. The inverse
function f−1 reverses the correspondence given by f , so
f −1 (cina) = chong,
f −1 (malay) = ali,
f −1 (india) = baba.

Composite Function
       Let,
A function g from set A to set B and another function f from set B to set C. The composition function between function g and f, denoted for all aA by f o g, is the function which maps the elements in set A to set C through f and g.
       Can also be written as (f o g)(a) = f (g(a))



 f(g(a)) is the composite function of y=g(a) and then f(y)

Remark : The commutative law does not apply for composition of 
       f(x) and g(x), that is f(g(x))≠ g(f(x)), unless f(x) = g(x).

EXAMPLE:
Let g be the function from the set {a, b, c} to itself such that g(a) = b, g(b) = c, and g(c) = a.
Let f be the function from the set {a, b, c} to the set {1, 2, 3} such that f (a) = 3, f (b) = 2, and
f (c) = 1. What is the composition of f and g, and what is the composition of g and f ?

Answer:
The composition f g is defined by (f g)(a) = f (g(a)) = f (b) = 2,
(f g) (b) = f (g(b)) = f (c) = 1, and (f g)(c) = f (g(c)) = f (a) = 3.
Note that g f is not defined, because the range of f is not a subset of the domain of g.

p/s: You can get the note from this link --> Chap 2: Set Theory (Part 6)

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