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The Reflection of a Closed Interval

The reflection u maps to a+b-u of a closed interval [a,b] into itself is a well-defined involutive isometry, continuous, and differentiable with derivative -1.

Statement

In the setting of Single-Variable Calculus on an Interval, let a,b∈Ra,b\in\mathbb{R} with a<ba<b, so that [a,b][a,b] is an interval containing the two distinct points aa and bb, by Basic Facts about Intervals of the Real Line (v).

There is exactly one map ψ:[a,b]→[a,b]\psi:[a,b]\to[a,b] with ψ(u)=a+b−u\psi(u)=a+b-u for every u∈[a,b]u\in[a,b].

In the remaining clauses, ψ\psi is this map.

For every u∈[a,b]u\in[a,b], ψ(ψ(u))=u\psi(\psi(u))=u.

For all u,v∈[a,b]u,v\in[a,b], ∣ψ(u)−ψ(v)∣=∣u−v∣|\psi(u)-\psi(v)|=|u-v|.

Read as a map from [a,b][a,b] into R\mathbb{R}, ψ\psi is continuous on [a,b][a,b], as in The Real Line: Standing Notation and Background for Calculus on Intervals (vi).

Read as a map from [a,b][a,b] into R\mathbb{R}, ψ\psi is differentiable, derivatives being taken relative to [a,b][a,b], with derivative ψ′(s)=−1\psi'(s)=-1 at every s∈[a,b]s\in[a,b], in the sense of Derivative of a Real Function on an Interval (ii).

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