The problem asks for the value of , where is the total number of functions satisfying the condition for all , with and being the least possible natural number.
Concept Used:
The solution involves combinatorial counting principles. A function is defined by assigning to each element exactly one element from . The total number of such functions is .
In this problem, the domain is and the codomain is the power set of A, . A special condition is imposed on the function, which restricts the possible outputs for each input. To find the total number of such functions, we need to determine the number of valid choices for the output for each input and then multiply these numbers together, as the choice for each input is independent.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Analyze the domain and codomain of the function.
The domain is the set . The size of the domain is .
The codomain is the power set of A, , which is the set of all subsets of A. The size of the power set is .
A function maps each element to a subset of A, denoted by .
Step 2: Apply the given condition to determine the number of choices for each function value.
The condition is that for any element , we must have . This means that for each , the subset that the function assigns must contain the element itself.
Let's find the number of possible subsets for an arbitrary element, say . The subset must be a subset of and must contain .
A subset of is formed by deciding for each of the 7 elements of whether to include it or not. For the subset :
- The inclusion of the element is fixed (it must be in the set). There is only 1 choice for this element.
- For the other elements in , each can either be included in or not. This gives 2 choices for each of these 6 elements.
Therefore, the total number of valid subsets that can be assigned to is .
Step 3: Calculate the total number of such functions.
The choice of the image for each is independent. The total number of functions is the product of the number of choices for each element in the domain.
Since , and for each of the 7 elements there are possible images, the total number of functions is:
Step 4: Express the total number in the form with the least .
We are given that the total number of functions is , where and is the least possible value. We have:
For to be the least possible natural number (and ), we must choose the smallest possible base, which is the prime base of the number. In this case, the base is 2.
So, we let . Then, we have:
The values are and .
Final Computation & Result:
Step 5: Calculate the value of .
With and , the sum is:
The value of is 44.