В книге F.R. Drake, D.Singh. Intermediate Set Theory. Wiley, 1996. P. 216 написано:
[We write]
for the image of
under
, i.e.
, the set of values of
for arguments in
. Note that
. Alternatives: there are many, e.g.
,
, and even
, in cases where it is clear that
could not be an argument for
but must be treated as a set of arguments (in which case the arguments for
would be denoted by lowercase letters). We must treat this usage with care within set theory, where every object is a set; but it is very common, and sometimes natural.
Мне кажется, я тоже видел
где-то еще.