Paper 2, Section I, E

Analysis II | Part IB, 2009

State and prove the contraction mapping theorem. Let f(x)=exf(x)=e^{-x}. By considering f(f(x))f(f(x)) and using the contraction mapping theorem, show that there is a unique real number xx such that x=exx=e^{-x}.

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