If we fix y, for example y=1, then for all x in R, f(x,1) is unique, e.g. f(x,1)=x.
Then if y=2, how can we map f(x.2) to a value different from f(x,1)?
If f(x,y) exists, then f(x1,x2,x3,...,xn), RxRx...xR->R, exists. And then we can use it to reduce the data?