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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, the <b>inverse function</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=Function_%28mathematics%29">function</a>  (also called the <b>inverse</b> of ) is a function that undoes the operation of . The inverse of  exists <a href="page.php?w=if_and_only_if">if and only if</a>  is <a href="page.php?w=Bijection">bijective</a>, and if it exists, is denoted by </p>

<p>For a function , its inverse  admits an explicit description:  it sends each element  to the unique element  such that .</p>

<p>As an example, consider</p><p>
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