Function (mathematics)
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title:
Function (mathematics)
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In mathematics, a function from a set X to a set Y assigns to each element of X exactly one element of Y. The set X is called the domain of the function and the set Y is called the codomain of the function. Functions were originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity. For example, the position of a planet is a function of time. Historically, the concept was elaborated with the infinitesimal calculus at the end of the 17th century, and, until the 19th century,
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Association of one output to each input
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics)
date created:
2003-02-20T00:03:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:47:52Z
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