# Math Help - Inverse functions

1. ## Inverse functions

Show that $f\left(g^{-1}(x)\right)=g\left(f^{-1}(x)\right) \Leftrightarrow f^{-1}\left(g(x)\right)=g^{-1}\left(f(x)\right)$

If we substitute $x=f(u)$, we get

$f\left(g^{-1}\left(f(u)\right)\right)=g^{-1}\left(f\left(f^{-1}(u)\right)\right)$
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$f\left(g^{-1}\left(f(u)\right)\right)=g(u)$

This means that $g^{-1}\left(f(u)\right)=f^{-1}\left(g(u)\right)$, because $f\left(f^{-1}\left(g(u)\right)\right)=g(u)$.

Now, if the above equality holds for $u$, it must also hold for $x$, and we have that

$g^{-1}\left(f(x)\right)=f^{-1}\left(g(x)\right)$

and that

$f\left(g^{-1}(x)\right)=g\left(f^{-1}(x)\right) \Leftrightarrow f^{-1}\left(g(x)\right)=g^{-1}\left(f(x)\right)$

Which was to be shown.

Does this hold, or have I overlooked something?

That is good. The only issue I have with this is that we do not know much about $f,g$ themselves.
If these were bijections on $\mathbb{R}$ then what you did is okay.
3. Yes, I assumed that was the case with f and g. But what if they were bijections on $\mathbb{C}$? Would it not hold then?