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Title of object: zero of a function
Canonical Name: ZeroOfAFunction
Type: Definition

Created on: 2003-10-15 01:25:30
Modified on: 2004-01-01 16:09:33

Creator: yark
Modifier: yark
Author: yark
Author: say_10
Author: apmxi

Classification: msc:26E99

Revision comment (for changes between this and next version):

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A {\em zero of a function} $f\colon X\to Y\subseteq\mathbb{C}$,
is an element $x\in X$ such that $f(x)=0$.