Intermediate values and fixed points for real functions

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Authors A. Simon, Peter Volkmann

Publication date 19 January 1997

Published in Elemente der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/141560

zbMATH Keywords

continuous functionsfixed pointsincreasing functionsintermediate valueslower and upper limits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuity and related questions (modulus of continuity, semicontinuity, discontinuities, etc.) for real functions in one variable (26A15) Iteration of real functions in one variable (26A18) Monotonic functions, generalizations (26A48) Fixed-point theorems (47H10)

Review text

The following result (and generalizations) are offered. The function \(f + g : [a,b] \to [a,b]\) (or \(R \to ]a,b[)\) has a fixed point if \(f\) is continuous and \(g\) is increasing.

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