Sometimes one finds the notation

\[ \exists _{f}\colon \mathcal{P}\webleft (A\webright )\to \mathcal{P}\webleft (B\webright ) \]

for $f_{*}$. This notation comes from the fact that the following statements are equivalent, where $b\in B$ and $U\in \mathcal{P}\webleft (A\webright )$:

  • We have $b\in \exists _{f}\webleft (U\webright )$.
  • There exists some $a\in U$ such that $f\webleft (a\webright )=b$.


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