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In mathematics, the image of a function is the set of all output values it may produce.
 
In mathematics, the image of a function is the set of all output values it may produce.
  
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More generally, evaluating a given function <math>f</math> at each element of a given subset {\displaystyle A}A of its domain produces a set, called the "image of {\displaystyle A}A under (or through) {\displaystyle f}f". Similarly, the inverse image (or preimage) of a given subset {\displaystyle B}B of the codomain of {\displaystyle f,}f, is the set of all elements of the domain that map to the members of {\displaystyle B.}B.
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More generally, evaluating a given function <math>f</math> at each element of a given subset <math>A</math> of its domain produces a set, called the "image of <math>A</math> under (or through) <math>f</math>". Similarly, the inverse image (or preimage) of a given subset <math>B</math> of the codomain of <math>f</math>, is the set of all elements of the domain that map to the members of <math>B</math>.
  
 
Image and inverse image may also be defined for general binary relations, not just functions.
 
Image and inverse image may also be defined for general binary relations, not just functions.
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==Definition==
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The word "image" is used in three related ways. In these definitions, <math>f:X\to\ Y</math> is a function from the set <math>X</math> to the set <math>Y</math>.
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===Image of an element===
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If <math>x</math> is a member of <math>X</math>, then the image of <math>x</math> under <math>f</math>, denoted <math>f(x)</math>, is the value of <math>f</math> when applied to <math>x</math>. <math>f(x)</math> is alternatively known as the output of <math>f</math> for argument <math>x</math>.
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Given <math>y</math>, the function <math>f</math> is said to "take the value <math>y</math>" or "take <math>y</math> as a value" if there exists some <math>x</math> in the function's domain such that <math>f(x)=y</math>. Similarly, given a set <math>S</math>, <math>f</math> is said to "take a value in <math>S</math>" if there exists some <math>x</math> in the function's domain such that <math>f(x)\in S</math>. However, "<math>f</math> takes all values in <math>S</math>" and "<math>f</math> is valued in <math>S</math>" means that <math>f(x)\in S</math> for every point <math>x</math> in <math>f</math>'s domain.
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===Image of a subset===
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The image of a subset <math>A\subseteq X</math> under <math>f</math>, denoted <math>f[A]</math>, is the subset of <math>Y</math> which can be defined using set-builder notation as follows:
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: <math>f[A]=\{f(x):x\in A\}</math>
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When there is no risk of confusion, <math>f[A]</math> is simply written as <math>f(A)</math>. This convention is a common one; the intended meaning must be inferred from the context. This makes <math>f[\,\cdot \,]</math> a function whose domain is the power set of <math>X</math> (the set of all subsets of <math>X</math>), and whose codomain is the power set of <math>Y</math>.
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===Image of a function===
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The image of a function is the image of its entire domain, also known as the range of the function. This usage should be avoided because the word "range" is also commonly used to mean the codomain of {\displaystyle f.}f.
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===Generalization to binary relations===
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If <math>R</math> is an arbitrary binary relation on <math>X\times Y</math>, then the set <math>\{y\in Y:xRy \text{ for some } x\in X\}</math> is called the image, or the range, of <math>R</math>. Dually, the set <math>\{x\in X:xRy{\text{ for some }}y\in Y\}</math> is called the domain of <math>R</math>.
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==Inverse image of a function==
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Let <math>f</math> be a function from <math>X</math> to <math>Y.</math> The '''preimage''' or '''inverse image''' of a set <math>B \subseteq Y</math> under <math>f,</math> denoted by <math>f^{-1}[B],</math> is the subset of <math>X</math> defined by <math>f^{-1}[ B ] = \{ x \in X \,|\, f(x) \in B \}.</math>
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Other notations include <math>f^{-1}(B)</math> and <math>f^{-}(B).</math>
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The inverse image of a singleton set, denoted by <math>f^{-1}[\{ y \}]</math> or by <math>f^{-1}[y],</math> is also called the fiber or fiber over <math>y</math> or the level set of <math>y.</math> The set of all the fibers over the elements of <math>Y</math> is a family of sets indexed by <math>Y.</math>
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For example, for the function <math>f(x) = x^2,</math> the inverse image of <math>\{ 4 \}</math> would be <math>\{ -2, 2 \}.</math> Again, if there is no risk of confusion, <math>f^{-1}[B]</math> can be denoted by <math>f^{-1}(B),</math> and <math>f^{-1}</math> can also be thought of as a function from the power set of <math>Y</math> to the power set of <math>X.</math> The notation <math>f^{-1}</math> should not be confused with that for inverse function, although it coincides with the usual one for bijections in that the inverse image of <math>B</math> under <math>f</math> is the image of <math>B</math> under <math>f^{-1}.</math>
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==Examples==
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1. <math>f : \{ 1, 2, 3 \} \to \{ a, b, c, d \}</math> defined by <math>
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    f(x) = \left\{\begin{matrix}
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      a, & \mbox{if }x=1 \\
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      a, & \mbox{if }x=2 \\
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      c, & \mbox{if }x=3.
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    \end{matrix}\right.
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  </math>
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: The ''image'' of the set <math>\{ 2, 3 \}</math> under <math>f</math> is <math>f(\{ 2, 3 \}) = \{ a, c \}.</math>  The ''image'' of the function <math>f</math> is <math>\{ a, c \}.</math> The ''preimage'' of <math>a</math> is <math>f^{-1}(\{ a \}) = \{ 1, 2 \}.</math> The ''preimage'' of <math>\{ a, b \}</math> is also <math>f^{-1}(\{ 1, 2 \}) = \{ 1, 2 \}.</math>  The preimage of <math>\{ b, d \},</math> is the empty set <math>\{ \, \} = \varnothing.</math>
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2. <math>f : \R \to \R</math> defined by <math>f(x) = x^2.</math>
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: The ''image'' of <math>\{ -2, 3 \}</math> under <math>f</math> is <math>f^{-1}(\{ -2, 3 \}) = \{ 4, 9 \},</math> and the ''image'' of <math>f</math> is <math>\R^+</math> (the set of all positive real numbers and zero). The ''preimage'' of <math>\{ 4, 9 \}</math> under <math>f</math> is <math>f^{-1}(\{ 4, 9 \}) = \{ -3, -2, 2, 3 \}.</math> The preimage of set <math>N = \{ n \in \R : n < 0 \}</math> under <math>f</math> is the empty set, because the negative numbers do not have square roots in the set of reals.
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3. <math>f : \R^2 \to \R</math> defined by <math>f(x, y) = x^2 + y^2.</math>
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: The ''fiber'' <math>f^{-1}(\{ a \})</math> are concentric circles]] about the origin, the origin itself, and the empty set, depending on whether <math>a > 0, a = 0, \text{ or } a < 0,</math> respectively. (if <math>a > 0,</math> then the fiber <math>f^{-1}(\{ a \})</math> is the set of all <math>(x, y) \in \R^2</math> satisfying the equation of the origin-concentric ring <math>x^2 + y^2 = a.</math>)
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4. If <math>M</math> is a manifold and <math>\pi : TM \to M</math> is the canonical projection from the tangent bundle <math>TM</math> to <math>M,</math> then the ''fibers'' of <math>\pi</math> are the tangent spaces <math>T_x(M) \text{ for } x \in M.</math> This is also an example of a fiber bundle.
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5. A quotient group is a homomorphic image.
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== Properties ==
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[[File:Image preimage conterexample bf.gif|thumb|center|upright=1.7|<math>f\left(f^{-1}\left(B_3\right)\right) \subsetneq B_3.</math>]]
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[[File:Image preimage conterexample fb.gif|thumb|center|upright=1.7|<math>f^{-1}\left(f\left(A_4\right)\right) \supsetneq A_4.</math>]]
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=== General ===
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For every function <math>f : X \to Y</math> and all subsets <math>A \subseteq X</math> and <math>B \subseteq Y,</math> the following properties hold:
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|-
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! Image
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! Preimage
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|<math>f(X) \subseteq Y</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(Y) = X</math>
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|-
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|<math>f\left(f^{-1}(Y)\right) = f(X)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(f(X)) = X</math>
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|-
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|<math>f\left(f^{-1}(B)\right) \subseteq B</math><br>(equal if <math>B \subseteq f(X);</math> for instance, if <math>f</math> is surjective)
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|-
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|<math>f(f^{-1}(B)) = B \cap f(X)</math>
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|<math>\left(f \vert_A\right)^{-1}(B) = A \cap f^{-1}(B)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f\left(f^{-1}(f(A))\right) = f(A)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}\left(f\left(f^{-1}(B)\right)\right) = f^{-1}(B)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f(A) = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, A = \varnothing</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(B) = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, B \subseteq Y \setminus f(X)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f(A) \supseteq B \,\text{ if and only if } \text{ there exists } C \subseteq A \text{ such that } f(C) = B</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(B) \supseteq A \,\text{ if and only if }\, f(A) \subseteq B</math>
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|<math>f(A) \supseteq f(X \setminus A) \,\text{ if and only if }\, f(A) = f(X)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(B) \supseteq f^{-1}(Y \setminus B) \,\text{ if and only if }\, f^{-1}(B) = X</math>
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|<math>f(X \setminus A) \supseteq f(X) \setminus f(A)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(Y \setminus B) = X \setminus f^{-1}(B)</math>
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|<math>f\left(A \cup f^{-1}(B)\right) \subseteq f(A) \cup B</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(f(A) \cup B) \supseteq A \cup f^{-1}(B)</math>
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|<math>f\left(A \cap f^{-1}(B)\right) = f(A) \cap B</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(f(A) \cap B) \supseteq A \cap f^{-1}(B)</math>
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|}
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Also:
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* <math>f(A) \cap B = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, A \cap f^{-1}(B) = \varnothing</math>
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=== Multiple functions ===
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For functions <math>f : X \to Y</math> and <math>g : Y \to Z</math> with subsets <math>A \subseteq X</math> and <math>C \subseteq Z,</math> the following properties hold:
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* <math>(g \circ f)(A) = g(f(A))</math>
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* <math>(g \circ f)^{-1}(C) = f^{-1}(g^{-1}(C))</math>
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=== Multiple subsets of domain or codomain ===
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For function <math>f : X \to Y</math> and subsets <math>A, B \subseteq X</math> and <math>S, T \subseteq Y,</math> the following properties hold:
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Image
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|<math>A \subseteq B \,\text{ implies }\, f(A) \subseteq f(B)</math>
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|<math>S \subseteq T \,\text{ implies }\, f^{-1}(S) \subseteq f^{-1}(T)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f(A \cup B) = f(A) \cup f(B)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(S \cup T) = f^{-1}(S) \cup f^{-1}(T)</math>
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|<math>f(A \cap B) \subseteq f(A) \cap f(B)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(S \cap T) = f^{-1}(S) \cap f^{-1}(T)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f(A \setminus B) \supseteq f(A) \setminus f(B)</math>
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|<math>f^{-1}(S \setminus T) = f^{-1}(S) \setminus f^{-1}(T)</math>
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|-
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|<math>f\left(A \triangle B\right) \supseteq f(A) \triangle f(B)</math><br>(equal if <math>f</math> is injective)
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|<math>f^{-1}\left(S \triangle T\right) = f^{-1}(S) \triangle f^{-1}(T)</math>
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The results relating images and preimages to the (Boolean) algebra of intersection and union work for any collection of subsets, not just for pairs of subsets:
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* <math>f\left(\bigcup_{s\in S}A_s\right) = \bigcup_{s\in S} f\left(A_s\right)</math>
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* <math>f\left(\bigcap_{s\in S}A_s\right) \subseteq \bigcap_{s\in S} f\left(A_s\right)</math>
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* <math>f^{-1}\left(\bigcup_{s\in S}B_s\right) = \bigcup_{s\in S} f^{-1}\left(B_s\right)</math>
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* <math>f^{-1}\left(\bigcap_{s\in S}B_s\right) = \bigcap_{s\in S} f^{-1}\left(B_s\right)</math>
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(Here, <math>S</math> can be infinite, even uncountably infinite.)
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With respect to the algebra of subsets described above, the inverse image function is a lattice homomorphism, while the image function is only a semilattice homomorphism (that is, it does not always preserve intersections).
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== Licensing ==
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Content obtained and/or adapted from:
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_(mathematics) Image (mathematics), Wikipedia] under a CC BY-SA license

Latest revision as of 15:11, 6 November 2021

In mathematics, the image of a function is the set of all output values it may produce.

More generally, evaluating a given function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} at each element of a given subset Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A} of its domain produces a set, called the "image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A} under (or through) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} ". Similarly, the inverse image (or preimage) of a given subset Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} of the codomain of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} , is the set of all elements of the domain that map to the members of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} .

Image and inverse image may also be defined for general binary relations, not just functions.

Definition

The word "image" is used in three related ways. In these definitions, Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f:X\to\ Y} is a function from the set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} to the set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y} .

Image of an element

If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} is a member of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} , then the image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} , denoted Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)} , is the value of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} when applied to Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} . Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)} is alternatively known as the output of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} for argument Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} .

Given Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y} , the function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is said to "take the value Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y} " or "take Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y} as a value" if there exists some Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} in the function's domain such that Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)=y} . Similarly, given a set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S} , Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is said to "take a value in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S} " if there exists some Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} in the function's domain such that Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)\in S} . However, "Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} takes all values in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S} " and "Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is valued in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S} " means that Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)\in S} for every point Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} 's domain.

Image of a subset

The image of a subset Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A\subseteq X} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} , denoted Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f[A]} , is the subset of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y} which can be defined using set-builder notation as follows:

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f[A]=\{f(x):x\in A\}}

When there is no risk of confusion, Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f[A]} is simply written as Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A)} . This convention is a common one; the intended meaning must be inferred from the context. This makes Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f[\,\cdot \,]} a function whose domain is the power set of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} (the set of all subsets of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} ), and whose codomain is the power set of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y} .

Image of a function

The image of a function is the image of its entire domain, also known as the range of the function. This usage should be avoided because the word "range" is also commonly used to mean the codomain of {\displaystyle f.}f.

Generalization to binary relations

If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle R} is an arbitrary binary relation on , then the set is called the image, or the range, of . Dually, the set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{x\in X:xRy{\text{ for some }}y\in Y\}} is called the domain of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle R} .

Inverse image of a function

Let Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} be a function from Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} to Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y.} The preimage or inverse image of a set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B \subseteq Y} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f,} denoted by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}[B],} is the subset of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X} defined by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}[ B ] = \{ x \in X \,|\, f(x) \in B \}.}

Other notations include Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(B)} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-}(B).} The inverse image of a singleton set, denoted by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}[\{ y \}]} or by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}[y],} is also called the fiber or fiber over Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y} or the level set of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y.} The set of all the fibers over the elements of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y} is a family of sets indexed by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y.}

For example, for the function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x) = x^2,} the inverse image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ 4 \}} would be Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ -2, 2 \}.} Again, if there is no risk of confusion, Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}[B]} can be denoted by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(B),} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}} can also be thought of as a function from the power set of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle Y} to the power set of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle X.} The notation Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}} should not be confused with that for inverse function, although it coincides with the usual one for bijections in that the inverse image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is the image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}.}

Examples

1. Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f : \{ 1, 2, 3 \} \to \{ a, b, c, d \}} defined by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x) = \left\{\begin{matrix} a, & \mbox{if }x=1 \\ a, & \mbox{if }x=2 \\ c, & \mbox{if }x=3. \end{matrix}\right. }

The image of the set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ 2, 3 \}} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(\{ 2, 3 \}) = \{ a, c \}.} The image of the function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ a, c \}.} The preimage of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a} is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(\{ a \}) = \{ 1, 2 \}.} The preimage of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ a, b \}} is also Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(\{ 1, 2 \}) = \{ 1, 2 \}.} The preimage of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ b, d \},} is the empty set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ \, \} = \varnothing.}

2. Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f : \R \to \R} defined by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x) = x^2.}

The image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ -2, 3 \}} under is and the image of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \R^+} (the set of all positive real numbers and zero). The preimage of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \{ 4, 9 \}} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(\{ 4, 9 \}) = \{ -3, -2, 2, 3 \}.} The preimage of set Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N = \{ n \in \R : n < 0 \}} under Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is the empty set, because the negative numbers do not have square roots in the set of reals.

3. Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f : \R^2 \to \R} defined by Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x, y) = x^2 + y^2.}

The fiber Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(\{ a \})} are concentric circles]] about the origin, the origin itself, and the empty set, depending on whether Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a > 0, a = 0, \text{ or } a < 0,} respectively. (if Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a > 0,} then the fiber Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(\{ a \})} is the set of all Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (x, y) \in \R^2} satisfying the equation of the origin-concentric ring Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^2 + y^2 = a.} )

4. If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle M} is a manifold and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \pi : TM \to M} is the canonical projection from the tangent bundle Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle TM} to Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle M,} then the fibers of Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \pi} are the tangent spaces Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T_x(M) \text{ for } x \in M.} This is also an example of a fiber bundle.

5. A quotient group is a homomorphic image.

Properties

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(f^{-1}\left(B_3\right)\right) \subsetneq B_3.}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}\left(f\left(A_4\right)\right) \supsetneq A_4.}

General

For every function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f : X \to Y} and all subsets Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A \subseteq X} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B \subseteq Y,} the following properties hold:

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Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(X) \subseteq Y} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(Y) = X}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(f^{-1}(Y)\right) = f(X)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(f(X)) = X}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(f^{-1}(B)\right) \subseteq B}
(equal if Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B \subseteq f(X);} for instance, if Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is surjective)
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(f^{-1}(B)) = B \cap f(X)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left(f \vert_A\right)^{-1}(B) = A \cap f^{-1}(B)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(f^{-1}(f(A))\right) = f(A)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}\left(f\left(f^{-1}(B)\right)\right) = f^{-1}(B)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A) = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, A = \varnothing} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(B) = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, B \subseteq Y \setminus f(X)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A) \supseteq B \,\text{ if and only if } \text{ there exists } C \subseteq A \text{ such that } f(C) = B} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(B) \supseteq A \,\text{ if and only if }\, f(A) \subseteq B}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A) \supseteq f(X \setminus A) \,\text{ if and only if }\, f(A) = f(X)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(B) \supseteq f^{-1}(Y \setminus B) \,\text{ if and only if }\, f^{-1}(B) = X}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(X \setminus A) \supseteq f(X) \setminus f(A)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(Y \setminus B) = X \setminus f^{-1}(B)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(A \cup f^{-1}(B)\right) \subseteq f(A) \cup B} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(f(A) \cup B) \supseteq A \cup f^{-1}(B)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(A \cap f^{-1}(B)\right) = f(A) \cap B} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(f(A) \cap B) \supseteq A \cap f^{-1}(B)}

Also:

  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A) \cap B = \varnothing \,\text{ if and only if }\, A \cap f^{-1}(B) = \varnothing}

Multiple functions

For functions and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g : Y \to Z} with subsets Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A \subseteq X} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C \subseteq Z,} the following properties hold:

  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (g \circ f)(A) = g(f(A))}
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (g \circ f)^{-1}(C) = f^{-1}(g^{-1}(C))}

Multiple subsets of domain or codomain

For function Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f : X \to Y} and subsets Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A, B \subseteq X} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S, T \subseteq Y,} the following properties hold:

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Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A \subseteq B \,\text{ implies }\, f(A) \subseteq f(B)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S \subseteq T \,\text{ implies }\, f^{-1}(S) \subseteq f^{-1}(T)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A \cup B) = f(A) \cup f(B)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(S \cup T) = f^{-1}(S) \cup f^{-1}(T)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A \cap B) \subseteq f(A) \cap f(B)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(S \cap T) = f^{-1}(S) \cap f^{-1}(T)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(A \setminus B) \supseteq f(A) \setminus f(B)} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}(S \setminus T) = f^{-1}(S) \setminus f^{-1}(T)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(A \triangle B\right) \supseteq f(A) \triangle f(B)}
(equal if Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} is injective) 		Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}\left(S \triangle T\right) = f^{-1}(S) \triangle f^{-1}(T)}

The results relating images and preimages to the (Boolean) algebra of intersection and union work for any collection of subsets, not just for pairs of subsets:

  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(\bigcup_{s\in S}A_s\right) = \bigcup_{s\in S} f\left(A_s\right)}
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f\left(\bigcap_{s\in S}A_s\right) \subseteq \bigcap_{s\in S} f\left(A_s\right)}
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}\left(\bigcup_{s\in S}B_s\right) = \bigcup_{s\in S} f^{-1}\left(B_s\right)}
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f^{-1}\left(\bigcap_{s\in S}B_s\right) = \bigcap_{s\in S} f^{-1}\left(B_s\right)}

(Here, Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle S} can be infinite, even uncountably infinite.)

With respect to the algebra of subsets described above, the inverse image function is a lattice homomorphism, while the image function is only a semilattice homomorphism (that is, it does not always preserve intersections).

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