surjection

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Meaning

1. noun A function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; any function f:X→Y for which for every y∈Y, there is at least one x∈X such that f(x)=y.

Similar words

surjective function surjectivity onto function injection suspension subduction bijection superset surjunctive group inclusion

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surjections