Solution

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Define . Solving the system is equivalent to finding a fixed point of . The mean value theorem implies . In the specified metric,
Each coordinate difference occurs exactly twice. This metric makes a nonempty complete metric space, because a Cauchy sequence in it is Cauchy in each real coordinate, and coordinate convergence implies convergence in the sum metric. Thus is a contraction mapping with constant .
There is exactly one solution for every choice of , by the contraction mapping theorem. Iteration of from any starting vector also constructs it.

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