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function without naming. For example, the square function is the function

The domain and codomain are not always explicitly given when a function is defined.
In particular, it is common that one might only know, without some (possibly
difficult) computation, that the domain of a specific function is contained in a larger
set. For example, if is a real function, the determination of the domain of the function
requires knowing the zeros of f. This is one of the reasons for which, in mathematical
analysis, "a function from X to Y " may refer to a function having a proper subset of
X as a domain.[note 2] For example, a "function from the reals to the reals" may
refer to a real-valued function of a real variable whose domain is a proper subset of
the real numbers, typically a subset that contains a non-empty open interval. Such a
function is then called a partial function.

A function f on a set S means a function from the domain S, without specifying a

codomain. However, some authors use it as shorthand for saying that the function is
f : S → S.