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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 ia Paper 1 10D i Solution by
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The fixed-point property fails on an open interval. The continuous functionmaps into itself, because . Its only possible fixed point satisfies , hence , which is outside the domain. It is therefore a counterexample even with the self-map requirement retained.
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