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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ib Paper 4 12F b ii Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Choose and iterate . The contraction mapping estimatemakes Cauchy by a geometric series. Its limit satisfies because is Lipschitz. Two fixed points would satisfy , so they coincide. This proves the Banach fixed-point theorem.
Now suppose the final assertion failed. There would be with . Since and is continuous, the two sides tend respectively to and , so . Uniqueness would give , a contradiction. Hence the required and exist.
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