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2. Let ????:???? →???? be a bijective function and ????-1:????→???? be its inverse function. Prove that ????-1o????= ????A and ????o????-1= ????b where ????A is the identity function on the set ???? and ????B is the identity function on the set ????

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f^{-1 o f = A and f o
f^{-1 = B, where f is a bijective function and f^-1 is its inverse function.

Let f: A → B be a bijective function, and let
f^{-1: B → A be its inverse function.

We need to show that
f^{-1 o f = A and f o
f^{-1 = B.

To prove
f^{-1 o f = A, we need to show that (
f^{-1 o f)(x) = x for all x in A.

Let x be an arbitrary element in A. Since f is a bijective function, there exists a unique y in B such that f(x) = y. Therefore, we can write:

(
f^{-1 o f)(x) =
f^{-1(f(x))

=
f^{-1(y)

Since
f^{-1 is the inverse function of f, we know that
f^{-1(y) = x. Therefore, we can write:

(
f^{-1 o f)(x) = x

This holds for all x in A, so we have shown that
f^{-1 o f = A.

To prove f o
f^{-1 = B, we need to show that (f o f^-1)(y) = y for all y in B.

Let y be an arbitrary element in B. Since f is a bijective function, there exists a unique x in A such that f(x) = y. Therefore, we can write:

(f o
f^{-1)(y) = f(
f^{-1(y))

= x

Since
f^{-1 is the inverse function of f, we know that
f^{-1(y) = x. Therefore, we can write:

(f o
f^{-1)(y) = y

This holds for all y in B, so we have shown that f o
f^{-1= B.

Therefore, we have proven that
f^{-1o f = A and f o
f^{-1 = B, where f is a bijective function and
f^{-1 is its inverse function.

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