Function expression for reverse 'S'-like shape

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I need the expression of a function that looks like the following:

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The expression preferably needs to be simple e.g., comprised of as few elementary functions as possible. It doesn't matter what the function looks like for $x<0$, but as $x \rightarrow \infty$, the function should approach $0$. It seems like it could be a polynomial.

Also, the expression preferably should not be segmented, i.e., one expression for small $x$, another for large $x$, but be the same for all $x>0$.

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To flip the function about the x-axis use f(-x). Therefore, for example, if the sigmoid is $$Y(t) = \frac{1}{1+exp(-t)}$$

the analytical expression for the reverse sigmoid is

$$Y(-t) = \frac{1}{1+exp(t)}$$