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Telescoping increment lemma

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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=0n−1​h(ka)=0. Continuity forces h to vanish somewhere on [0,(n−1)a].

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