Question 1

Paper 1, no calculatorHard6 marks

Let f:R→Rf:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R be odd and have period T>0T>0 so that f(x+T)=f(x)f(x+T)=f(x) for all x∈Rx\in\mathbb R

(a)

Explain why ff cannot have an inverse function when its domain is all of R\mathbb R

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(b)

Let I⊆RI\subseteq\mathbb R be symmetric about 00 and suppose the restriction of ff to II is one-to-one. Let gg be the inverse of this restriction, with domain f(I)f(I) Show that gg is odd.

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