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Originally Posted by Snowboarder  Hi everyone.
So i have the curve (x^2 - 1)^2 + (y^2 - 1)^2 = 1
My question is: Why can "y" not be written as a function of x? I need to shall this somehow.
Thx for any help. |
A function must have only one output for a given input, but in this equation there is more than one value of y per value of x.
for example this equation is satisfied for the points
and
and
That is three different values of y which satisfy this equation for a single value of x. Thus y cannot be a function of x.