Is (6,1) (5,1) (4,1) (3,1) a function?

2 Answers
Jul 11, 2015

#(x,y) = {(6,1), (5,1), (4,1), (3,1)}
is a finite element function

Explanation:

Not value of #x# corresponds to more than one value of #y#;
therefore this is a function.

Note that it is not a continuous function; it exists only for the 4 elements of the specified domain.

Jul 11, 2015

Yes, the set #{ (6,1), (5, 1), (4, 1), (3, 1) }# is a function from the set #A = {3, 4, 5, 6}# to the set #B = {1}# that can be described by the formula #f(a) = 1# for all #a in A#

Explanation:

Let #A = { 3,4,5,6 }# and #B = { 1 }#.

Define #f(a) = 1# for all #a in A#

The domain of #f# is the whole of #A#. The range of #f# is the whole of #B#.

Then #f# can also be described fully by the set of pairs #{ (6,1), (5, 1), (4, 1), (3, 1) }#