Bijection

Pub Feb 22, 2026 Up Jun 10, 2026

Definition 1. A bijective function or bijection is a function that is both injective and surjective.

The set of all bijections from a set $X$ onto a set $Y$ is denoted by

\[\bij(X, Y).\]

Note. A bijection is also known as a one-to-one correspondence.