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Is it possible to create a function that has two values of y for every one value of x, or is this an unbreakable rule of functions?
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ScienceNerd36 said:Is it possible to create a function that has two values of y for every one value of x, or is this an unbreakable rule of functions?
Multivalued functions exist, but they're not functions.
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