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Sam Hopkins
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Does locally nilpotent imply nilpotent for continuous self-maps of intervals?

Let $f\in C([0,1],[0,1])$ be such that: $$\forall x\in [0,1], \; \exists k\in \mathbb N, \; f^{\circ k}(x)=0.$$

Is it true that $f$ is nilpotent (i.e., that there is some $k$ such that $f^{\circ k}=0$)?

Here $f^{\circ k}$ denotes the $k$th iterate of $f$.

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