Condition for a function to be injective

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Do all the preimages on X need to have a (and of course I know only one but) image in Y for the f:x->y to be injective?
IS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTION INJECTIVE SINCE ONE ELEMENT OF FIRST DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMAGE
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The way you have shown it, f is not a function from X to Y.
 
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Thank you.
 

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