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Let us determine whether the function f:\mathbb Q \to \R,\ f(x)= x^2+\frac{1}x, is a bijection.

Let x\in\mathbb Q, that is x be a rational number. Taking into account that the sum, the product and the fraction of two ratianal number is a rational number, we conclude that x^2\in\mathbb Q,\ \frac{1}x\in\mathbb Q, and hence f(x)=x^2+\frac{1}x\in\mathbb Q. Therefore, for any y\in\R\setminus\mathbb Q\subset\R we get that the preimage f^{-1}(y) is emptyset, and thus f is not a surjection. Consequently, f is not a bijection.


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