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The question seems to be misguided since all probability mass functions are function!

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A function cannot be a probability mass function (PMF) if it violates the properties of a PMF. A PMF must assign a non-negative probability to each possible outcome of a discrete random variable, and the sum of probabilities for all possible outcomes must be equal to 1. If a function does not satisfy these properties, it cannot be considered a PMF.

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