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I came across a question which is as follows :

Is the following statements always correct ?

1) If $f'(x) > 0$ for all $x$ in the domain of the function $f(x)$ then $f(x)$ is always one-one .

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According to me the statement should always be correct since there would be no to $x$ for which the corresponding value of the function will be same . However the answer says it's false . Please explain this .

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No. It is correct if the domain is an interval. But the derivative of $x\mapsto\tan x$ is positive everywhere in its domain (if the domain excludes points whose tangent is $\infty$), but the function is clearly not one-to-one. You have $\tan 0 = \tan\pi=0,$ so it's not one-to-one.