Re: cdt glossary [Function] (was: Terminology question)

> I rather stick to classical definitions of functions...
>
> <<In mathematics, a function relates each of its inputs to exactly one
> output. >> that all that can be said...A function is nothing else but
> a tranformation of an N element set into another N element set.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_%28mathematics%29

That may be narrow for math. Uless you restrict to discrete domain.

Also what about the concept of random variable? Continuous Random variables (rv) are also defined as measurable functions in the axiomatic probability theory. Further you can have functions of rv's...

-P Received on Thu Sep 07 2006 - 03:25:44 CDT