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The concept of function is central to mathematics. In single variable calculus we studied functions that assign to each number in their domain a number. In multivariable calculus we study functions that assign to each vector with n components in their domain a vector with m components.
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Lax, P.D., Terrell, M.S. (2017). Functions. In: Multivariable Calculus with Applications. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74073-7_2
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