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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 53 3 b Solution by
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Let and write . Integrating the Fréchet derivative along the line segment between two points in the convex set givesand the operator norm bound impliesIn particular, for ,Thus the a posteriori contraction ball is mapped into itself. The ball is a closed subset of a Banach space, hence is a complete metric space. Applying the contraction mapping theorem to gives existence and uniqueness:The estimate also gives , by applying the same triangle inequality to . Equality in the residual bound is allowed; strict contraction mapping comes from , and a fixed point on the closed ball's boundary is included.
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