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Is it possible to invert $y=\sin(x)+x$? This function appears to be monotonic but interestingly Wolfram alpha and other symbolic math utilities I've tried haven't been able to invert this (aka solve for x=). Is it possible to invert this function? If not, why is it so difficult?

The inverse function could be represented as an infinite series.

From $$y=x+\sin x$$ the inverse function satisfies, $$ y+\sin y = x $$

Let $$y=y(0)+ y'(0)x + y''(0) x^2/2+.....$$

We can find the derivatives using the equation $$ y+\sin y = x $$

We have $y(0)=0$.

Differentiation of $$ y+\sin y = x $$ implies $$ y'+\cos y y'=1$$

Evaluating at $x=0$, we have $ y'(0)=1/2 $

Similarly we can find higher derivatives and find the power series for $y$.

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