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The curve y = 1/x, for x > 0, is of special interest to us; it is located above the x-axis in the first quadrant of the x, y plane and it is seen to be symmetric with respect to the line y = x (because the equation xy = 1 remains unchanged when x and y are interchanged). See Figure 1.1 for a display of the curve under consideration.
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Klambauer, G. (1986). The Logarithmic and Exponential Functions. In: Aspects of Calculus. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9561-4_1
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