Determine Whether F Is a Function from the Set of All

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Essay

Determine whether f is a function from the set of all bit strings to the set of integers if f(S) is the largest integer i such that the ith bit of S is 0 and f(S) = 1 when S is the empty string (the string with no bits).

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