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  2. Map (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A map is a function, as in the association of any of the four colored shapes in X to its color in Y. In mathematics, a map or mapping is a function in its general sense. [1] These terms may have originated as from the process of making a geographical map: mapping the Earth surface to a sheet of paper. [2]

  3. Open and closed maps - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, more specifically in topology, an open map is a function between two topological spaces that maps open sets to open sets. [1] [2] [3] That is, a function : is open if for any open set in , the image is open in . Likewise, a closed map is a function that maps closed sets to closed sets.

  4. Linear map - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear map (also called a linear mapping, linear transformation, vector space homomorphism, or in some contexts linear function) is a mapping between two vector spaces that preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.

  5. Mapping - Wikipedia

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    Mapping may refer to: Cartography, the process of making a map; Mapping (mathematics), a synonym for a mathematical function and its generalizations

  6. Contraction mapping - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a contraction mapping, or contraction or contractor, on a metric space (M, d) is a function f from M to itself, with the property that there is some real number < such that for all x and y in M,

  7. Degree of a continuous mapping - Wikipedia

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    A degree two map of a sphere onto itself.. In topology, the degree of a continuous mapping between two compact oriented manifolds of the same dimension is a number that represents the number of times that the domain manifold wraps around the range manifold under the mapping.

  8. Metric space - Wikipedia

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    The only difference between this definition and the ε–δ definition of continuity is the order of quantifiers: the choice of δ must depend only on ε and not on the point x. However, this subtle change makes a big difference. For example, uniformly continuous maps take Cauchy sequences in M 1 to Cauchy sequences in M 2. In other words ...

  9. Conformal map - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a conformal map is a function that locally preserves angles, but not necessarily lengths.. More formally, let and be open subsets of .A function : is called conformal (or angle-preserving) at a point if it preserves angles between directed curves through , as well as preserving orientation.