Transformation (function)

In mathematics, a transformation is a function f (usually with some geometrical underpinning) that maps a set X to itself, i.e. f : X → X.[1][2][3][4] In other areas of mathematics, a transformation may simply refer to any function, regardless of domain and codomain.[5] For this wider sense of the term, see function (mathematics).

A composition of four mappings coded in SVG,
which transforms a rectangular repetitive pattern
into a rhombic pattern. The four transformations are linear.

Examples include linear transformations of vector spaces and geometric transformations, which include projective transformations, affine transformations, and specific affine transformations, such as rotations, reflections and translations.[6][7]

More generally, a transformation in mathematics means a mathematical function (synonyms: "map" or "mapping"). A transformation can be an invertible function from a set X to itself, or from X to another set Y. The choice of the term transformation may simply indicate that the geometric aspects of a function are being considered (for example, with respect to invariants).

Algebraic structures

The set of all transformations on a given base set, together with function composition, forms a regular semigroup.

Combinatorics

For a finite set of cardinality n, there are nn transformations and (n+1)n partial transformations.[9]

See also

References
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  2. Olexandr Ganyushkin; Volodymyr Mazorchuk (2008). Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups: An Introduction. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-84800-281-4.
  3. Pierre A. Grillet (1995). Semigroups: An Introduction to the Structure Theory. CRC Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-8247-9662-4.
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  8. Christopher Hollings (2014). Mathematics across the Iron Curtain: A History of the Algebraic Theory of Semigroups. American Mathematical Society. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-4704-1493-1.
  9. Olexandr Ganyushkin; Volodymyr Mazorchuk (2008). Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups: An Introduction. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-84800-281-4.
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