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Function
x ↦ f (x)
History of the function concept
Types by domain and codomain
`X` → 𝔹 𝔹 → `X` 𝔹 → `X` `X` → ℤ ℤ → `X` `X` → ℝ ℝ → `X` ℝ → `X` `X` → ℂ ℂ → `X` ℂ → `X`
Classes/properties
Constant Identity Linear Polynomial Rational Algebraic Analytic Smooth Continuous Measurable Injective Surjective Bijective
Constructions
Restriction Composition λ Inverse
Generalizations
Relation (Binary relation) Set-valued Multivalued Partial Implicit Space Higher-order Morphism Functor
List of specific functions
v t e

Functional notation is the notation for expressing functions as $f(x)$ which was first used by Leonhard Euler in 1734. In this notation, an inverse function is expressed as $f^{-1}(x)$ .

References

Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards (2010), Calculus of a Single Variable, Cengage Learning, p. 19, ISBN 9780538735520
W.T. Brande, A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art, p. 683

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