INVERSEIMAGE

inverse image

Noun

  1. The set of points that map to a given point (or set of points) under a specified function.
    Under the function given by <math>f(x)=x^2</math>, the inverse image of 4 is <math>\{-2,2\}</math>, as is the inverse image of <math>\{4\}</math>.


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