nLab restriction

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Definition

The restriction of a function f:XYf: X \to Y to a subset UU of XX is simply the composite of ff and the inclusion function of UU:

Ui UXfY. U \stackrel{i_U}\to X \stackrel{f}\to Y .

It is often written as f |U:UYf_{|U}: U \to Y, or a variation on that theme.

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