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This very small essay tracks down the origin of an asymmetry in the usual treatments of the notion of the inverse of a function, and does away with that asymmetry. It is another exercise in maintaining equivalence.
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(1990). On the inverse of a function. In: On the Shape of Mathematical Arguments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 445. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020917
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