How to Denote a Restricted Function?

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How does one denote a restricted function?

For example, suppose I have a function [itex]F : \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}[/itex], how would I denote a new function f, such that f is the restriction of F to the positive semi-axis? Up until this point I would have just said that f is the restriction of F to the positive semi-axis, but it occurs to me that there should be a more concise way of writing it.
 
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[tex]f\vert_S[/tex] is the standard notation for the restriction of f to a subset S of f's domain.
 


Tac-Tics said:
[tex]f\vert_S[/tex] is the standard notation for the restriction of f to a subset S of f's domain.
That's exactly was I was looking for Tac-Tics.

Thanks to you both.