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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics IV 7 a iii Solution by
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The fixed-point iteration stays inside because maps that interval to itself. A fixed point satisfies , so andOnly is admissible; fails the unsquared equation. With , the mean value theorem gives the error boundInduction yields , since . Therefore, for every allowed starting value,This estimate proves convergence directly, without assuming in advance that the sequence has a limit.
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