Primitive combination
An additional operation on PRFs is a combination of functions, denoted f ⨯ g
.
Both f
and g
take the same k
-tuple of args, but each can return a different m
-tuple where 0 <= m <= k
. The returned tuples are concatenated together, forming a single m+n
-tuple, provided f
returns an m
-tuple and g
returns a n
-tuple.
That is, in the returned m+n
-tuple, the first m
elements come form the f
's applications to the arg-list, and the following n
elements come from the g
's applications to the (same input) arg-list.
f :: (ℕ ⨯ ℕ ⨯ ℕ) -> (ℕ ⨯ ℕ) f : ℕ³ -> ℕ¹ g :: (ℕ ⨯ ℕ ⨯ ℕ) -> (ℕ ⨯ ℕ ⨯ ℕ) g : ℕ³ -> ℕ³
f ⨯ g (x, y, z) = (f x, f y, g x, g y, g z)
fᵏ ⨯ gᵏ (x₁ … xₖ)
Combination operation is similar to composition, if was somehow defined without the rightmost f
function.
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