document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196554>Question 1196554</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A definition of a function  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "function, in mathematics, an expression, rule, or law that defines a relationship between one variable (the independent variable) and another variable (the dependent variable)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A function relates an input to an output.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formal Definition of a Function:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A function relates each element of a set with exactly one element of another set<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(possibly the same set). </SPAN>\n" );
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