Solve for :
Solution
The equation can be written .
The function , defined by , is one to one and onto and its inverse is given by .
As is increasing strictly, the equation can be written , or equivalently . One can easily check that and are solutions.
As , is convex and the function , is concave, these are the only solutions.
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