Designing function f(f(n)) == -n

Question

A question I got on my last interview:

Design a function f, such that:

f(f(n)) == -n

Where n<

Answer 1

Nobody ever said f(x) had to be the same type.

def f(x):
    if type(x) == list:
        return -x[0]
    return [x]


f(2) => [2]
f(f(2)) => -2