codomain — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

1. The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.

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   Definition 2.5. A function is onto if each element of the codomain has at least one element of the domain assigned to it. In other words, a function is onto if the range equals the codomain.

   Once we have described f as a function from A to B, by convention we will call B the codomain, even though other sets, of which B is a subset, could have been used.[…]If y is an element of the codomain, then y#92;in#92;mathit#123;Img#125;(f,A) iff there is some x in the domain such that f maps x to y.

   For example, the codomain of g(X)#61;X³ consists of all real numbers. A function links each element in its domain to some element in its codomain. Each domain element is linked to exactly one codomain element.

2. The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y. The set B.

   Użycie

   • broadly
   • of a binary relation R between A and B