Exercise 1.7.5

\[\begin{eqnarray*} f(-x) &=& (-x)^3-2(-x)\\ &=&-x^3+2x\\ &=&-(x^3-2x)\\ &=&-f(x) \end{eqnarray*}\]

Since \(f(-x)=-f(x)\), \(f\) is an odd function.