Function Notation:
The function notation f(x) is used instead of y. It is read as " f of x " or "
f is a function of x " or “ a function in terms of x”
y = mx + b
f(x)=mx + b
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNCTIONS
(i) One to one or Injective function
Let f : A ----> B be a function.
The function f is called a one-one function, if it takes different elements
of A into different elements of B.
The figure given below represents a one-one function.
(ii) Onto or Surjective function
Let f : A ----> B be a function.
The function f is called an onto function, if every element in B has a
pre-image in A. That is, in B all the elements will be involved in
mapping.
The figure given below represents a onto function.
(iii) One to one and onto or Bijective function
Let f : A ----> B be a function.
The function f is called a one-one and onto or a bijective function if f is
both a one-one and an onto function; more clearly, if f maps distinct
elements of A into distinct images in B and every element in B is an
image of some element in A.
The figure given below represents a one to one and onto or
bijective function.
(iv) Constant function
The function f is called a constant function if every element of A is
paired with one and the same element in B.
Range of a constant function is a singleton set.
The figure given below represents a constant function.
(v) Identity function
Let A be a non-empty set. A function f : A ---> A is called an identity
function of A if f (a) = a for all a belonging to A.
That is, an identity function maps each element of A into itself.
The figure given below represents the graph of the identity function on
R.
1. f (x)=2 x +1
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f(x) -3 -1 1 3 5 7
2 2 2 2 2
x
2. y= −5
2
x -4 -2 0 2 4 6
y -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2
1 1 1 1 1
2x
3. y=
3
X -6 -3 0 3 6 9
y
4. y = x2- 1
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 3 0 -1 0 3 8
-3 -1 1 3 5
5. f(x) = x3 + 2
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f(x) -6 1 2 3 10 29
In a given table of values, if equal differences in x will yield:
- equal FIRST differences in f(x) or y, then the table describes a
LINEAR FUNCTION.
- equal SECOND differences in y, then the table describes a
QUADRATIC FUNCTION.
- equal THIRD differences in y, then the table describes a
CUBIC FUNCTION.
- equal FOURTH differences in y, then the table describes a
QUARTIC FUNCTION.
Do this!
Determine if the table describes a
linear, quadratic, cubic or quartic
function:
1.
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) 19 4 -1 4 19 44 79
2.
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
f(x) -21 -7 -5 -3 11 49 123
3.
x -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
f(x) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18
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