partial function
A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally definedA function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X.
Meaning
1 sensesA function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X.
1967 [John Wiley & Sons], Stephen Cole Kleene, Mathematical Logic, 2002, Dover, page 244, The Church-Turing thesis applies to partial functions on the same grounds as to total functions (§ 41).
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