Department of Mathematics
Functions
Introduction

Definitions of a function:

              A special kind of relations is related to one or more different attributes

            Classical Definition: A machine that takes one or more inputs and transform into
            only one output:

            

             Examples:  The relationship between each student in class and his or her birthday
                            The relationship between license plate number for each car registered in NY
                            The relationship the Dow Jones Index to profit of a company and price of shares