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Inverse of a quadratic function
The inverse of the quadratic function is
Explanation
You write the quadratic function as
If you want to express x as a function of y, you can convert it to
Now we swap x and y, and you get
The two inverse functions of x2 are the square roots +x½ and −x½
Shown here are +√x (green) and −√x (blue).