1.

When you graph f and f-1 on the same axes, using the x-axis for the input to both f and
f-1 , all the curves will be crowded together.

With the example given ,

y = x3 { -2 < x < 2}
y = x1/3 { -2 < x< 2}
y = x { -2 < x < 2}

From the graph the two curves are linked to the last function y = x and all three
intercepts at these three points; (1 , -1), ( 0, 0), (1, 1). And it observed that the graph y = x 1/3 is a
cube root of y = x3.

From my own example,

y = x 4 { -5 <x < 5}

y = x1/4 { -5 <x < 5}

y=x { -5 <x < 5}

From the graph it is realized that with the inverse graph approaches positive infinity on the x-
axis, whilst the original graph approaches infinity in the y – axis. With this it is realized that
sometimes when you graph both f and f -1 on the same axes you get the correct range.

2. Suppose f: R – R is function from the set of real numbers to the same set. If f(x) = x+1
Is it true that f2 = f 0 f and fn+1 = f 0 f2

Solution
f0 f = x+1 , f2 = f 0 f

f0 f = f (f(x+1))
= (x+1) +1
=x+2

Therefore f2 = x+2

f2 0 f = f2 f(x+1))
= (x+2) +2
= x+3

f0 f2 = f (x + 3)
= (x+3)+1
= x + 4
 From the solution it is realized that f 2 0 f and f0 f2 are not the same even though they
have the same domain of all real numbers but different range.

f2 0 f has a range of ( ∞, 3] and f0 f2 has a range of (∞,4]

3. Is the set { g : R – R gof = fog } infinite? And why?

Yes the is infinite because its domain can be any real number.