Counting Functions with Composition or Mapping Constraints
The question asks to count the number of functions f: X → Y (on finite sets) satisfying given conditions, which may involve composition, range, or many-one constraints.
For the set $X = \{ 1,2,3,4 \}$, how many functions $f : X \rightarrow X$ satisfy the following condition? [3 points] $\square$ (1) 64 (2) 68 (3) 72 (4) 76 (5) 80
Let $A = \{1, \ldots, 5\}$ and $B = \{1, \ldots, 10\}$. Then the number of ordered pairs $(f, g)$ of functions $f : A \rightarrow B$ and $g : B \rightarrow A$ satisfying $(g \circ f)(a) = a$ for all $a \in A$ is (A) $\frac{10!}{5!} \times 5^5$ (B) $5^{10} \times 5!$ (C) $10! \times 5!$ (D) $\binom{10}{5} \times 10^5$
Let $A = \{a, b, c\}$ and $B = \{1, 2, 3, 4\}$. Then the number of elements in the set $C = \{f: A \rightarrow B \mid 2 \in f(A)$ and $f$ is not one-one$\}$ is ...
Let $A = \{ 1,2,3 , \ldots , 10 \}$ and $f : A \rightarrow A$ be defined as $$f ( k ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c l }
k + 1 & \text { if } k \text { is odd } \\
k & \text { if } k \text { is even }
\end{array} \right.$$ Then the number of possible functions $g : A \rightarrow A$ such that $g o f = f$ is: (1) ${ } ^ { 10 } \mathrm { C } _ { 5 }$ (2) $5 ^ { 5 }$ (3) 5 ! (4) $10 ^ { 5 }$
The number of functions $f$, from the set $A = \left\{ x \in N : x ^ { 2 } - 10 x + 9 \leq 0 \right\}$ to the set $B = \left\{ n ^ { 2 } : n \in N \right\}$ such that $f ( x ) \leq ( x - 3 ) ^ { 2 } + 1$, for every $x \in A$, is $\_\_\_\_$ .
Let $A = \{1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9\}$. Then the number of possible functions $f: A \rightarrow A$ such that $f(m \cdot n) = f(m) \cdot f(n)$ for every $m, n \in A$ with $m \cdot n \in A$ is equal to
Let $\mathrm { A } = \{ 1,2,3,4 \}$ and $\mathrm { B } = \{ 1,4,9,16 \}$. Then the number of many-one functions $f : \mathrm { A } \rightarrow \mathrm { B }$ such that $1 \in f ( \mathrm {~A} )$ is equal to : (1) 151 (2) 139 (3) 163 (4) 127
Let $A = \{ 1,2,3 \}$ and $f : A \rightarrow A$ be a function. How many one-to-one functions $f$ satisfy the condition $$f ( n ) \neq n$$ for every $n \in A$? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5