Suppose that a function is continuous on the closed interval [0, 1] and that 0

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Suppose that a function ƒ is continuous on the closed interval [0, 1] and that 0 ≤ ƒ(x) ≤ 1 for every x in [0, 1]. Show that there must exist a number c in [0, 1] such that ƒ(c) = c (c is called a fixed point of ƒ).

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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