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FALSE: the mean value equality holds for vector-valued maps

Statement

False claim. Let $m \in N$ with $m \geq 1$ , let $a < b$ be real, and let $f : [a, b] \to R^{m}$ be continuous on $[a, b]$ and differentiable on $(a, b)$ . Then some $ξ \in (a, b)$ satisfies

$f (b) - f (a) = (b - a) f^{'} (ξ) .$

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The universal equality claim in the Statement.

[L1]

The curve $f (t) = (\cos t, \sin t)$ on $[0, 2 π]$ is continuous on its interval and differentiable in its interior, its endpoint increment is zero, and $∥ f^{'} (t) ∥_{2} = 1$ for every $t \in (0, 2 π)$ ; hence no $ξ \in (0, 2 π)$ satisfies the claimed equality (The circular curve defeats the equality form of the vector-valued mean value theorem).

[L2]

Let $m \in N$ with $m \geq 1$ , let $a < b$ be real, and let $M \geq 0$ be real. If $f : [a, b] \to R^{m}$ is continuous on $[a, b]$ , differentiable on $(a, b)$ , and $∥ f^{'} (t) ∥_{2} \leq M$ throughout $(a, b)$ , then $∥ f (b) - f (a) ∥_{2} \leq M (b - a)$ (The mean value inequality: if $f : [a, b] \to R^{m}$ is continuous and differentiable on $(a, b)$ with $∥ f^{'} ∥_{2} \leq M$ , then $∥ f (b) - f (a) ∥_{2} \leq M (b - a)$ ).

Refutation

technique · direct

1.1L1

Fact [L1] supplies an instance with $m = 2$ , $a = 0$ , and $b = 2 π$ that satisfies both hypotheses of the false claim but not its conclusion.

2.1step 1.1

Therefore the universal equality claim is false.

3.1L2∎

The failure does not affect the vector-valued mean value inequality: under its derivative-bound hypothesis, the estimate in [L2] remains valid.

Remarks

When $m = 1$ , the scalar mean value theorem does give the equality. The circular curve shows that the passage to a vector codomain, not a loss of regularity, is what breaks it.

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Sources

J. Lebl, Basic Analysis II, sections 8.3 and 11.4 (standard reference, not scraped)
University of Toronto MAT237, section 2.1 Differentiation of real-valued functions (standard reference, not scraped)
W. S. Hall and M. L. Newell, The Mean Value Theorem for Vector Valued Functions: A Simple Proof (standard reference, not scraped)