Monotone mean-value point of an integral average

ID: monotone-mean-value-point-of-an-integral-average

For a continuous strictly decreasing real function, its average lies strictly between and for . There is a unique with . If is differentiable and throughout the positive half-line, the fundamental theorem of calculus and the derivative formula for the monotone inverse give
Continuity of is unnecessary: differentiability of a strictly monotone function with nonzero derivative at a point suffices for differentiability of its inverse there.

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