Paper 1, Section II, G

Analysis II
Part IB, 2010

State and prove the contraction mapping theorem. Demonstrate its use by showing that the differential equation f(x)=f(x2)f^{\prime}(x)=f\left(x^{2}\right), with boundary condition f(0)=1f(0)=1, has a unique solution on [0,1)[0,1), with one-sided derivative f(0)=1f^{\prime}(0)=1 at zero.