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Consider f:{1,2,3}{a,b,c} and g:{a,b,c}{apple, ball, cat} defined as f(1)=a,f(2)=b,f(3)=c,g(a)=apple,g(b)=ball and g(c)=cat. Show that f.g and gof are invertible. Find out f1,g1 and (gof)1 and show that (gof)1=f10g1.

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Checking one-one, onto and finding f1 for f.
f:{1,2,3}{a,b,c}
f(1)=a,f(2)=b,f(3)=c
Since,all elements have distinct image, f is one-one.
Now, f={(1,a),(2,b),(3,c)}
Since, every image has a pre-image, f is onto.
Since fis one-one and onto, f is invertible
So, f1={(a,1),(b,2),(c,3)}

Checking one-one, onto and finding g1 for g.
g:{a,b,c}{apple, ball, cat}
g(a)=apple,g(b)=ball,g(c)=cat,
Since, all elements have distinct image, g is one-one.
Since g is one-one and onto, g is invertible
g={a, apple, b, ball, c, cat}
g1={(apple,a) (ball, b) (cat, c)}

Checking one-one, onto and finding for (gof)1.
f:{1,2,3}{a,b,c},g:{a,b,c}{apple, ball, cat}
So, gof will be,
gof={(1,apple),(2,ball),(3,cat)}
Since, all elements have distinct image, gof is one-one.
Since, every image has a pre-image.
gof is onto.
gof is one-one and onto.
gof is invertible.
gof={(1,apple),(2,ball),(3,cat)}
(gof)1={(apple,1),(ball,2),(cat,3)}

Finding f1 0 g1.
f1={(a,1),(b,2),(c,3)} &
g1={(apple,a),(ball,b),(cat,c)}
f10g1={(apple,1),(ball,2),(cat,3)}
We found
(gof)1={(apple,1),(ball,2),(cat,3)}
(gof)1=f10g1

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