Given sets and and a function , the inverse function of (if it exists) if the function such that both composite functions and are identity functions. Note that has an inverse function if and only if is a bijection, in which case this inverse function is unique.
Inverse functions are inverse morphisms in the category Set of sets.
More generally, in any concrete category, the inverse of any isomorphism is given by the inverse of the corresponding function between underlying sets.
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