Look at the plot an you will see that the relation (as opposed to function) is defined for some u < -1 and, for those values, there are FOUR values of v. So even just looking at the top half and bottom half separately it is multi-valued and, hence, strictly speaking not a function.
In the polar domain, however, it is single-valued for all principle values of theta.
In the polar domain, however, it is single-valued for all principle values of theta.
