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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 7 c Solution by
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Again let and . Since is a nondecreasing monotonic function, on . The condition and the monotonicity of the Riemann integral giveSet . By part (a), is continuous. Therefore the functionis continuous on . Its endpoint values are and , which enclose . The intermediate value theorem provides with , soIf the two endpoint values coincide, the preceding bounds force to equal that common value and either endpoint works. Thus the proof also covers , and , without dividing by any possibly zero quantity.
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