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Reversible transformations vs. non-reversible transformations.

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	COMMENTS	`All examples depict a process that transforms one object into another (two example input-output pairs are provided in every panel). In left-sorted examples, each input corresponds to a unique output, whereas in right-sorted examples, different inputs could potentially lead to the same output. There is a sense in which all the processes described on the right "lose" some amount of the input's information.`
	REFERENCE	`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective_function`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP912 BP913 BP914 BP915 BP916 * BP918 BP919 BP920 BP921 BP922`
	KEYWORD	`nice, abstract, creativeexamples, structure, rules, miniworlds`
	CONCEPT	`convey_enough_information (info \| search),` `function (info \| search)`
	AUTHOR	`Leo Crabbe`

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