How do i show that this fuction is not injective?

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The function is given as: $$f: \begin{cases} \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2 \\ t \mapsto (t²-1,t³-t) \end{cases}$$ i know that this is function class $C^\infty$

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$f(-1)=(0,0), f(1)=(0,0)$ Hence, the function is not injective.

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We have $f(1)=(0,0)=f(-1).$ Conclusion ?