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Function Inversion

Let

f := {<0, 0>, <1, 0>, <2, 1>}.

Then

f^-1 = {<0, 0>, <0, 1>, <1, 2>}

is not a function, because it contains <0, 0> and <0, 1>.

The inverse of a function is not necessarily a function.