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partial function

noun

Definitions

  1. A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined

    A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X.

    • 1967 [John Wiley & Sons], Stephen Cole Kleene, Mathematical Logic, 2002, Dover, page 244, The Church-Turing thesis applies to partial functions on the same grounds as to total functions (§ 41).

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