What is a relation and what makes it different from a function?

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Angus

16 May, 13:38

What is a relation and what makes it different from a function?

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Jazlyn Orr · Answer 1

A relation from a set X to a set Y is called a function if each element of X is related to exactly one element in Y. That is, given an element x in X, there is only one element in Y that x isrelated to. For example, consider thefollowing sets X and Y.