For a subset E of X×Y, the section at x is the set of y with (x,y) in E and the section at y the set of x with (x,y) in E; for a function f on X×Y, its sections are the functions y↦f(x,y) and x↦f(x,y).
In the setting of Routine Facts Used Without Citation: Arithmetic, Maps, Predicativity and Indices, let and be sets and let be their Cartesian product.
Sections of sets. Let . For , the section of at is the subset of , and for , the section of at is the subset of , given by
Sections of functions. Let be a set and a function. For , the section of at is the function , and for , the section of at is the function , given by
(these functions exist and are unique by Sets and Maps: Ordinary Notation (v)).
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