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A '''cyclic function''' is a [[function]] <math>f</math> such that <math>f^n(x) = x</math> for some [[integer]] <math>n > 1</math>.  A neccessary condition for a function to be cycluc is that its [[image]] be equal to its [[domain]].
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A '''cyclic function''' is a [[function]] <math>f</math> such that <math>f^n(x) = x</math> for some [[integer]] <math>n > 1</math>.  A neccessary condition for a function to be cyclic is that its [[image]] be equal to its [[domain]].
  
  

Latest revision as of 14:47, 20 July 2016

A cyclic function is a function $f$ such that $f^n(x) = x$ for some integer $n > 1$. A neccessary condition for a function to be cyclic is that its image be equal to its domain.


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