functions-sequence-and-summations

Functions

  • A function from to is a subset of which satisfies the following two conditions

One-to-One Functions (Injections)

  • is one-to-one iff:
    • For , if then
  • One-to-One function is also called injective function [3]

Onto Functions (Surjections)

  • is onto iff:
  • Onto function is also called surjective function [4]

One-to-One and Onto Functions (Bijections)

  • is a bijective function iff
    • is both onto and one-to-one
  • One-to-One and onto function is also called bijective function [5]

Relationship between domain, co-domain and range

  • Injection:
  • Surjection: , But may not equal to
  • Bijection:

Image, Pre-image and Range

  • If from set A to set B, then
    • is called the image of under
    • is called a pre-image of
    • The set of all the images of the elements in the domain under is called the range of .

Inverse Function

  • is a bijection.
    • The inverse of is bijection for all x
    • if then

Composition Function

If is a function from to and is a function from to , then is the composition of g and f

Two special functions

  • Floor Function
    • Denoted
  • Ceiling Funcation
  • Denoted eg.

Sequences

  • Sequences are ordered lists of elements
  • A sequence is a function from a subset of the set of integers or to a set , denoted . The integers determine the positions of the elements in the list.

Summations

  • Sequences are very useful in summations.
  • A summation is the value of the sum of the terms of a sequence.

Some Special Summations

  • A geometric series is a summation of a geometric progression
    • Geometric progression:
    • Geometric series:
  • A harmonic series is the summation of a harmonic progression
    • Harmonic progression:
    • Harmonic series:

  1. For all elements in A↩︎
  2. One and only one y in B for each x in A↩︎
  3. (单射)↩︎
  4. (满射函数)
    值域y是满的,每个y都有x对应,不存在某个y没有x对应的情况↩︎
  5. (双射函数)↩︎