A Continuous Injective Function on a Closed Interval is Strictly Monotone

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Reason: First publication. Analysis-level problem: a continuous injective function on a closed interval is strictly monotone. · 503 chars · 3 deps · depth 17

Analysis level. Injectivity plus continuity on a closed real interval forces strict monotonicity; the whole argument is repeated use of the intermediate value theorem.

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In the setting of Single-Variable Calculus on an Interval, let $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$ with $a<b$ , let $[a,b]$ be the closed interval determined by $a$ and $b$ , and let $f:[a,b]\to\mathbb{R}$ be continuous on $[a,b]$ and injective, that is,

f(x)\ne f(y)\qquad\text{whenever }x,y\in[a,b]\text{ and }x\ne y .

Problem. Show that $f$ is strictly monotone on $[a,b]$ .

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