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(1)
A map from interval to square
Source: IMS 2008
5/10/2008
Let
γ
:
[
0
,
1
]
→
[
0
,
1
]
×
[
0
,
1
]
\gamma: [0,1]\rightarrow [0,1]\times [0,1]
γ
:
[
0
,
1
]
→
[
0
,
1
]
×
[
0
,
1
]
be a mapping such that for each
s
,
t
∈
[
0
,
1
]
s,t\in [0,1]
s
,
t
∈
[
0
,
1
]
|\gamma(s) \minus{} \gamma(t)|\leq M|s \minus{} t|^\alpha in which
α
,
M
\alpha,M
α
,
M
are fixed numbers. Prove that if
γ
\gamma
γ
is surjective, then
α
≤
1
2
\alpha\leq\frac12
α
≤
2
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