An intermediate value property

Gamlen, John L.; Muldowney, James S.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1975-0374596-8

An intermediate value property
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (1975), 413-420 Request permission

Abstract:

An intermediate value property is shown to hold for monotone perturbations of maps which have this property. Applications are given to initial value problems and boundary value problems for functional differential equations.

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