All points on the line y=x except the point (0,0) lie on the graph but the function is not defined at the origin.

From the equation we see that the graph is symmetrical about the line y=x because interchanging x and y in the equation produces the same equation so that if (a,b) satisfies the equation then (b,a) also satisfies the equation.

For x > 1 each line y=k for k £ e cuts the graph of y=x1/x in two points (a, a1/a) and (b,b1/b) such that a1/a=b1/b or, equivalently, ab=ba. Hence the two points (a,b) and (b,a) are on the graph of xy=yx. For example 24=42 so (2,4) and (4,2) are on the graph of xy=yx.

The maximum point of the graph of y=x1/x is the point (e,e1/e) so the point (e,e) lies on the graph of xy=yx.


Graph of y^x = x^y