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Diagram — Is This Function Onto?
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Examine the mapping below carefully.
Is this function onto (surjective)?
Correct Answer
No — element 3 in the codomain has no pre-image in A
Explanation
For surjectivity, every element of the codomain must be the image of at least one domain element. In this diagram, element \(3\) (shown greyed out) is never hit — neither \(a\), \(b\), nor \(c\) maps to it. Therefore the range is only \(\{1, 2\}\) which is a proper subset of the codomain \(\{1, 2, 3\}\), so the function is not onto.
Reference
Introduction to Differential Calculus (Systematic Studies with Engineering Applications for Beginners) - 2012
