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When a math text discusses a function, some or all of the following data will be referred to:
¨
A name for the function.
¨
The domain of the function.
¨
The codomain of the function
¨
An argument or input to the function.
¨
The value of the function at an element of the
domain.
¨
The graph of the function.
¨
The image of the function
¨
The quotient of the function.
As you can
see, some of these items are mentioned in the specification, but others are
not. The links give more details.
There is no single item in the preceding list that a
discussion of a function must refer to. (A function
doesn’t even have to have a name!) Below,
I list many of the possibilities for referring to these data and the common
restrictions on their use.