Re: Inverse of function
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- Subject: [mg121420] Re: Inverse of function
- From: "Oleksandr Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov at hmamail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:16:07 -0400 (EDT)
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:29:27 +0100, Berthold Hamburger <b-hamburger at artinso.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I stumbled over a small riddle using mathematica 8. Asking for the > inverse of the function f(x)= x^2, I receive the solution: f^(-1)(x) > = =C2=B1sqrt(x) > > Why is that so? I had rather expected an error message. > > Regards > Perhaps this is a result of the particular way in which you asked, or some assumptions inadvertently applied? In a new session, InverseFunction behaves as expected: In[1] := InverseFunction[#^2 &] During evaluation of In[1] := InverseFunction::ifun: Inverse functions are being used. Values may be lost for multivalued inverses. Out[1] = -Sqrt[#1] &