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Flett's Theorem
Flett's theorem: Given a function
differentiable on
with
, then there is an intermediate point
such that
.
Geometric interpretation: The secant line connecting the points
and
is exactly the tangent line to the curve
at the point
.
The example used is the function
on the interval
.
Contributed by:
Soledad Mª Sáez Martínez
and
Félix Martínez de la Rosa.
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Reference: T. M. Flett, "A Mean Value Theorem,"
Math. Gazette
,
42
, 1958 pp. 38-39.
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