3.II.13F

Analysis II | Part IB, 2006

State precisely the inverse function theorem for a smooth map FF from an open subset of R2\mathbf{R}^{2} to R2\mathbf{R}^{2}

Define F:R2R2F: \mathbf{R}^{2} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}^{2} by

F(x,y)=(x3xy2,y)F(x, y)=\left(x^{3}-x-y^{2}, y\right)

Determine the open subset of R2\mathbf{R}^{2} on which FF is locally invertible.

Let CC be the curve {(x,y)R2:x3xy2=0}\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbf{R}^{2}: x^{3}-x-y^{2}=0\right\}. Show that CC is the union of the two subsets C1={(x,y)C:x[1,0]}C_{1}=\{(x, y) \in C: x \in[-1,0]\} and C2={(x,y)C:x1}C_{2}=\{(x, y) \in C: x \geqslant 1\}. Show that for each yRy \in \mathbf{R} there is a unique x=p(y)x=p(y) such that (x,y)C2(x, y) \in C_{2}. Show that FF is locally invertible at all points of C2C_{2}, and deduce that p(y)p(y) is a smooth function of yy.

[A function is said to be smooth when it is infinitely differentiable.]

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