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I know that, by definition, two functions are equal iff, among other things, their domains are equal. This is why I specified that the two functions only have the same graph, but are not neccesarily equal.

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    The graph of a function is in set-theoretic terms, the function: $f= { (x,y) \mid x \in A \text { and } y \in B }$. Thus, what is the domain of $f$? $\text {Dom}(f)= { x \mid \exists y ((x,y) \in f) }$. – Mauro ALLEGRANZA Mar 24 '22 at 07:42
  • Your comment actually helped a lot in conceptualizing my problem. I still have one problem though: How can I prove that {x∣∃y((x,y)∈f)}=A? – Dark Rebellion Mar 24 '22 at 08:55

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The graph of a function is, in set-theoretic terms, the function itself: $f= \{ (x,y) \mid x∈A \text { and } y∈B \}$.

And the domain of $f$ is: $\text {Dom}(f)= \{ x \mid ∃y((x,y) ∈ f) \}$.

We have that $f=g$ means that $(x,y) \in f ↔ (x,y) \in g$.

Thus, the proof is:

$x ∈ \text {Dom}(f) ↔ ∃y((x,y) ∈f) ↔ ∃y((x,y) ∈ g) ↔ x ∈ \text {Dom}(g)$.

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$f$ & $g$ have a common graph implies that for each $x\in\mathbb R,$ either $f(x){=}g(x)$ or $f(x)$ & $g(x)$ are both undefined, which implies that for each $x\in\mathbb R,$ either $(x\in\operatorname{Dom}_f$ & $x\in\operatorname{Dom}_g)$ or $(x\notin\operatorname{Dom}_f$ & $x\notin\operatorname{Dom}_g),$ which implies that $f$ & $g$ have a common domain.

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