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Telescoping increment lemma
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Telescoping increment lemma
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
If
a
continuous
g
:
[
0
,
na
]
→
R
satisfies
g
(
na
)
−
g
(
0
)
=
na
, then the increments
h
(
x
)
=
g
(
x
+
a
)
−
g
(
x
)
−
a
(1)
satisfy
∑
k
=
0
n
−
1
h
(
ka
)
=
0
. Continuity
forces
h
to vanish somewhere on
[
0
,
(
n
−
1
)
a
]
.
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