Indicator function
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This article is about the 0-1 indicator function. For the 0-infinity indicator function, see characteristic function (convex analysis).
In mathematics, an indicator function or a characteristic function of a subset of a set is a function that maps elements of the subset to one, and all other elements to zero. That is, if A is a subset of some set X, then if and otherwise, where is a common notation for the indicator function. Other common notations are and
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The indicator function of A is the Iverson bracket of the property of belonging to A; that is,
For example, the Dirichlet function is the indicator function of the rational numbers as a subset of the real numbers.