Thread: Compositions

Prove that if g and f are 1-1, then so is g o f. And prove that if g and f are onto, then so is g o f.

Originally Posted by andirc5192

Prove that if g and f are 1-1, then so is g o f. And prove that if g and f are onto, then so is g o f.

Please either post some of your own work on these problems or explain what you do not understand about the question.

Oh geez yeah sorry about that. I understand that, by definition, g: A-->B is one to one if and only if w,x are in A where w is not equal to x and g(w)=g(x) implies that w=x, and the same thing for f:C-->D where y,z are in C. However i'm not sure how to connect the two through a composition.

If and what does mean?

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