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  2. Map (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A map is a function, as in the association of any of the four colored shapes in X to its color in Y. In mathematics, a map or mapping is a function in its general sense. [1] These terms may have originated as from the process of making a geographical map: mapping the Earth surface to a sheet of paper. [2]

  3. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    A function (which in mathematics is generally defined as mapping the elements of one set A to elements of another B) is called "A onto B" (instead of "A to B" or "A into B") only if it is surjective; it may even be said that "f is onto" (i. e. surjective). Not translatable (without circumlocutions) to some languages other than English.

  4. Linearity - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the term linear is used in two distinct senses for two different properties: . linearity of a function (or mapping);; linearity of a polynomial.; An example of a linear function is the function defined by () = (,) that maps the real line to a line in the Euclidean plane R 2 that passes through the origin.

  5. Mapping - Wikipedia

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    Digital mapping, the use of a computer to depict spatial data on a map; Gene mapping, the assignment of DNA fragments to chromosomes; Mind mapping, the drawing of ideas and the relations among them; Projection mapping, the projection of videos on the surface of objects with irregular shapes; Robotic mapping, creation and use of maps by robots

  6. Mathematical object - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a map or mapping, is a function in the general sense; here as in the association of any of the four colored shapes in X to its color in Y. [29] Frege famously distinguished between functions and objects . [ 30 ]

  7. Linear map - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear map (also called a linear mapping, linear transformation, vector space homomorphism, or in some contexts linear function) is a mapping between two vector spaces that preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.

  8. Contraction mapping - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a contraction mapping, or contraction or contractor, on a metric space (M, d) is a function f from M to itself, with the property that there is some real number < such that for all x and y in M,

  9. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A map can have any set as its codomain, while, in some contexts, typically in older books, the codomain of a function is specifically the set of real or complex numbers. [13] Alternatively, a map is associated with a special structure (e.g. by explicitly specifying a structured codomain in its definition). For example, a linear map. [14 ...