Inverse of Bijection is Bijection

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Theorem

Let $f: S \to T$ be a bijection in the sense that:

$(1): \quad f$ is an injection
$(2): \quad f$ is a surjection.


Then the inverse $f^{-1}$ of $f$ is itself a bijection by the same definition.


Proof

Let $f$ be both an injection and a surjection.

From Mapping is Injection and Surjection iff Inverse is Mapping it follows that its inverse $f^{-1}$ is a mapping.


From Inverse of Inverse Relation:

$\paren {f^{-1} }^{-1} = f$

Thus the inverse of $f^{-1}$ is $f$.

But then $f$, being a bijection, is by definition a mapping.

So from Mapping is Injection and Surjection iff Inverse is Mapping it follows that $f^{-1}$ is a bijection.

$\blacksquare$


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