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All that is required for a function is that every value in the domainreceives exactly one in the range. This condition is vacuously satisfied forthe empty set as domain.
I see you won't explain what those functions with empty domains are used for. In any case, I hope you accept the existence of functions with non-empty domains which map every element of the domain to a constant value.
<I notice you didn't write " 'Whizbang' is the name of the function... ", i.e. you used the name, you didn't mention it. Why do we need to mention it in Lojban?>Because the English is systematically incorrect; the habit is to omit quotes "where they are obvious" and Lojban takes the position that in these kinds ofthings they are never obvious.
Then your position is that a definition requires the mention of the name? The use is not good enough for a definition? "Let x=5" is sloppy, the Lojbanic version would be: "Let 'x' be the name of a variable x, such that x = 5" Are you really saying that? Or does the rule apply only to the definition of functions? mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com