Composition of Mappings/Examples/Compositions of x^2 with 2x+1
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Example of Compositions of Mappings
Let $f: \R \to \R$ be the real function defined as:
- $\forall x \in \R: \map f x = x^2$
Let $g: \R \to \R$ be the real function defined as:
- $\forall x \in \R: \map g x = 2 x + 1$
Then the compositions of $f$ with $g$ are:
$f \circ g: \R \to \R$:
- $\forall x \in \R: \map {\paren {f \circ g} } x = \paren {2 x + 1}^2$
$g \circ f: \R \to \R$:
- $\forall x \in \R: \map {\paren {g \circ f} } x = 2 x^2 + 1$
Note that:
- $\map {\paren {f \circ g} } 1 = \paren {2 \times 1 + 1}^2 = 9$
- $\map {\paren {g \circ f} } 1 = 2 \times 1^2 + 1 = 3$
demonstrating that composition of mappings is in general not commutative.
Sources
- 1978: Thomas A. Whitelaw: An Introduction to Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 24$: Composition of Mappings