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**Test Yourself**
1. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, $f(x)$ is _____.
the unique output element in $Y$ that is related to $x$ by $f$.
2. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, if $f(x) = y$ then $y$ is
called _____ or _____ or _____.
the value of $f$ at $x$; the image of $x$ under $f$; the output of $f$ for the
input $x$
3. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, the range of $f$ (or the
image of $X$ under $f$) is _____.
the set of all $y$ in $Y$ such that $f(x) = y$
4. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to $Y$, if $f(x) = y$ then $x$ is called
_____ or _____.
an inverse image of $y$ under $f$; a preimage of $y$
5. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, if $y \in Y$ then
$f^{-1}(y) =$ _____ and is called _____.
$\{x \in X | f(x) = y\}$; the inverse image of $y$
6. Given functions $f$ and $g$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, $f = g$ if, and only
if, _____.
$f(x) = g(x)$ for every $x \in X$
7. Given positive real numbers $x$ and $b$ with $b \neq 1$, $\log_b(x) =$ _____.
the exponent to which $b$ must be raised to obtain $x$.
8. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$ and a subset $A$ of $X$,
$f(A) =$ _____.
$\{y \in Y | y = f(x) \text{ for some } x \in A\}$
9. Given a function $f$ from a set $X$ to a set $Y$ and a subset $C$ of $Y$,
$f^{-1}(C) =$ _____.
$\{x \in X | f(x) \in C\}$
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**Test Yourself**
1. If $F$ is a function from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, then $F$ is one-to-one if,
and only if, _____.
for all $x_1$ and $x_2$ in $X$, if $F(x_1) = F(x_2)$ then $x_1 = x_2$
2. If $F$ is a function from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, then $F$ is not one-to-one
if, and only if, _____.
for all $x_1$ and $x_2$ in $X$, if $F(x_1) = F(x_2)$ then $x_1 \neq x_2$
3. If $F$ is a function from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, then $F$ is onto if, and
only if, _____.
for every element $y$ in $Y$, there exists at least one element $x$ in $X$ such
that $f(x) = y$
4. If $F$ is a function from a set $X$ to a set $Y$, then $F$ is not onto if,
and only if, _____.
for every element $y$ in $Y$, there exists at least one element $x$ in $X$ such
that $f(x) \neq y$
5. The following two statements are _____:
$$ \forall u, v \in U, \text{ if } H(u) = H(v) \text{ then } u = v $$
$$ \forall u, v \in U, \text{ if } u \neq v \text{ then } H(u) \neq H(v) $$
logically equivalent ways of expressing what it means for a function $H$ to be
one-to-one (The second is the contrapositive of the first.)
6. Given a function $F: X \to Y$ where $X$ is an infinite set, to prove that $F$
is one-to-one, you suppose that _____ and then you show that _____.
$x_1$ and $x_2$ are any _[particular but arbitrarily chosen]_ elements in $X$
with the property that $F(x_1) = F(x_2)$; $x_1 = x_2$
7. Given a function $F: X \to Y$ where $X$ is an infinite set, to prove that $F$
is onto, you suppose that _____ and then you show that _____.
$y$ is any _[particular but arbitrarily chosen]_ element in $Y$; there exists at
least one element $x$ in $X$ such that $F(x) = y$
8. Given a function $F: X \to Y$, to prove that $F$ is not one-to-one, you
_____.
show that there are concrete elements $x_1$ and $x_2$ in $X$ with the property
that $F(x_1) = F(x_2)$ and $x_1 \neq x_2$
9. Given a function $F: X \to Y$, to prove that $F$ is not onto, you _____.
show that there is a concrete element $y$ in $Y$ with the property that
$F(x) \neq y$ for any element $x$ in $X$
10. A one-to-one correspondence from a set $X$ to a st $Y$ is a _____ that is
_____.
function from $X$ to $Y$; both one-to-one and onto
11. If $F$ is a one-to-one correspondence from a set $X$ to a set $Y$ and $y$ is
in $Y$, then $F^{-1}(y)$ is _____.
the unique element $x$ in $X$ such that $F(x) = y$ (in other words, $F^{-1}(y)$
is the unique preimage of $y$ in $X$)