2.II.14B
Part II, 2005
Prove that if a continuous map of an interval into itself has a periodic orbit of period three then it also has periodic orbits of least period for all positive integers .
Explain briefly why there must be at least two periodic orbits of least period
[You may assume without proof:
(i) If and are non-empty closed bounded intervals such that then there is a closed bounded interval such that .
(ii) The Intermediate Value Theorem.]