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inverse function
noun
, Mathematics.
- the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
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Origin of inverse function1
First recorded in 1810–20
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