Monday, 24 October 2016

Range of two equal functions




I know two functions f and g are equal if



(1) their domains are equal



(2) their co-domains are equal



(3) f(x)=g(x)



I want to ask if two functions are equal is it necessary that they will have equal range too?



Answer



Take f:ABg:AB. If these functions are equal, then xA.f(x)=g(x). Consider their ranges f(A) and g(A). If their ranges are not equal, f(A)g(A), which implies that there exists an element in one of their ranges that is not in the other. Without loss of generality. Say there exists some yf(A) such that yg(A). This means that
xA.f(x)=yxA.g(x)y.
Fix this xA such that f(x)=y. Because f and g are equal, then
f(x)=g(x)=yg(x)=y,
which is a contradiction of the statement that xA.g(x)y. Thus, the ranges of f and g must be equal.



Your suggested functions are not equal, since



fof(3)=12=f(3).



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