If f(c)>0, then [a 1, b 1] = [a, c]; If f (c)
Remember c1= (a1+b1)/2 again. If F (C 1) = 0, the conclusion holds;
If f (c1) >; 0, then [A2, B2] = [A 1, c1]; If f (c 1)
Go on, or at a certain step, f(ck)=f[(ak+bk)/2]=0, and the conclusion holds.
Or this process can go on indefinitely, so as to get an interval nested sequence {[an, bn]}, which satisfies:
(1), [a 1, b 1] contains [a2, b2] contains [a3, b3] contains. ...
(2), bn-an = (b-a)/2 n tends to 0, when n tends to infinity;
(3),f(an)& lt; 0 & ltf(bn),n= 1,2,3,...。
According to the closed interval set theorem, there exists C in all intervals, that is, an.
And both an and bn tend to C. The continuity of f(x) in c is
f(c)= lim f(an)& lt; =0,
f(c)=lim f(bn)>=0,
So f (c) = 0. Obviously due to f (a)
Complete the certificate.