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In mathematics, a surjective function (also known as surjection, or onto function / ˈ ɒ n. t uː /) is a function f such that, for every element y of the function's codomain, there exists at least one element x in the function's domain such that f(x) = y. In other words, for a function f : X → Y, the codomain Y is the image of the function ...
The function is surjective, or onto, if each element of the codomain is mapped to by at least one element of the domain; that is, if the image and the codomain of the function are equal. A surjective function is a surjection . [ 1 ]
In some cases the codomain and the image of a function are the same set; such a function is called surjective or onto. For any non-surjective function :, the codomain and the image ~ are different; however, a new function can be defined with the original function's image as its codomain, ~: ~ where ~ = ().
Functions which satisfy property (4) are said to be "one-to-one functions" and are called injections (or injective functions). [2] With this terminology, a bijection is a function which is both a surjection and an injection, or using other words, a bijection is a function which is both "one-to-one" and "onto". [3]
Variations of the horizontal line test can be used to determine whether a function is surjective or bijective: The function f is surjective (i.e., onto) if and only if its graph intersects any horizontal line at least once. f is bijective if and only if any horizontal line will intersect the graph exactly once.
The vector projection (also known as the vector component or vector resolution) of a vector a on (or onto) a nonzero vector b is the orthogonal projection of a onto a straight line parallel to b. The projection of a onto b is often written as proj b a {\displaystyle \operatorname {proj} _{\mathbf {b} }\mathbf {a} } or a ∥ b .
A function: between two topological spaces is a homeomorphism if it has the following properties: . is a bijection (one-to-one and onto),; is continuous,; the inverse function is continuous (is an open mapping).
The above definition of a function is essentially that of the founders of calculus, Leibniz, Newton and Euler. However, it cannot be formalized, since there is no mathematical definition of an "assignment". It is only at the end of the 19th century that the first formal definition of a function could be provided, in terms of set theory.