Talk:Kernel (set theory)
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I moved this page from kernel (function) because the former title may be confused with the concept of a kernel function, which is altogether different from the topic of this article. Michael Hardy 15:04, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Simple example?
Could someone add a very very simple example? For example, what's the kernel of f(x) = x2? If that's a nonsensical question, why? —Ben FrantzDale 21:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- that corresponding kernel is the equivalence relation x ~ y if x^2 = y^2. so we identify x with -x and effectively what you have left is the, say, right half of the real line [0, ∞). Mct mht 07:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)