Intermediate value theorem

Definition

In mathematical analysis, the intermediate value theorem states that if is a continuous function whose domain contains the interval [a, b] and is a number such that , then there exists some between and such that . That is, the image of a continuous function over an interval is itself an interval that contains .

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