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- From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Function Terminology
- Date: 14 Dec 1992 08:34:42 -0500
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- David G Radcliffe wrote:
- >>Suppose I have a function f: A --> B, and C is a subset of B which
- >>contains the image set of f. I define a function g: A --> C by
- >>setting g(a) = f(a) for all a in A. Usually, f and g can be considered
- >>as the same function, but sometimes the distinction is important.
- >>
- >>Is there a standard term or notation for this?
- >>
-
- I wrote:
- >g is the astriction of f to C .
-
- I have been asked for the source of this word. The distinction between
- codomains comes up in the theory of operator ideals. The term "astriction"
- was used frequently in lectures on that subject that I attended, given by
- Daniel Lewis of Texas A&M. Perhaps it also appears in the standard references
- in the theory of operator ideals. [I looked at Pietsch's book, but its
- index does not list "astriction"; but the index was so skimpy that I am
- not convinced that the word is not there.] So if it is essential to track
- down the origins of this word, consult Professor Lewis.
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