Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2001/ia/paper-1/10d/i/solution

The fixed-point property fails on an open interval. The continuous function
maps 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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