Definition:Surjection/Also known as

Definition
The phrase $f$ is surjective is often used for $f$ is a surjection.

Authors who prefer to limit the jargon of mathematics tend to use the term an onto mapping for a surjection, and onto for surjective.

A mapping which is not surjective is thence described as into.

A surjection $f$ from $S$ to $T$ is sometimes denoted:
 * $f: S \twoheadrightarrow T$

to emphasize surjectivity.

In the context of class theory, a surjection is often seen referred to as a class surjection.