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Question 7.11

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3 months ago

For contradiction, suppose that f(x)xf(x)\ne x for all xx. Define g(x)=xg(x)=x. Notice that g(0)=0<f(0)g(0)=0<f(0) because f(0)0f(0)\ne0. Likewise, g(1)=1>f(1)g(1)=1>f(1) because f(1)1f(1)\ne1. Hence, by Exercise 10, g(x)=x=f(x)g(x)=x=f(x) for some xx in [0,1][0,1], which is a contradiction.

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