Let $f(x) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{\,{x^3} - {x^2} + 10x - 5\,\,,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x \le 1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}\\
{ - 2x + {{\log }_2}({b^2} - 2),\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x\, > 1\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}
\end{array}} \right.$ the set of values of $b$ for which $f(x)$ has greatest value at $x = 1$ is given by 

Show that the function $f: R_* \rightarrow R_*$ defined by $f(x)=\frac{1}{x}$ is one-one and onto, where $R_*$ is the set of all non-zero real numbers. Is the result true, if the domain $R_*$ is replaced by $N$ with co-domain being same as $R _*$ ?

Let $A = \{ {x_1},\,{x_2},\,............,{x_7}\} $ and $B = \{ {y_1},\,{y_2},\,{y_3}\} $ be two sets containing seven and three distinct elements respectively. Then the total number of functions $f : A \to B$ that are onto, if there exist exactly three elements $x$ in $A$ such that $f(x)\, = y_2$, is equal to

Let $x$ denote the total number of one-one functions from a set $A$ with $3$ elements to a set $B$ with $5$ elements and $y$ denote the total number of one-one functions from the set $A$ to the set $A \times B$. Then ...... .

If $f(x) = \frac{{\alpha x}}{{x + 1}},x \ne - 1$, for what value of $\alpha $ is $f(f(x)) = x$

Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,5\}$ and $B=\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$. Then the number of functions $f: A \rightarrow B$ satisfying $f(1)+f(2)=f(4)-1$ is equal to