Let b > a {\displaystyle {}b>a} , and suppose that
are continuous functions which are differentiable on ] a , b [ {\displaystyle {}]a,b[} and such that
for all x ∈ ] a , b [ {\displaystyle {}x\in {]a,b[}} .
g ( b ) ≠ g ( a ) {\displaystyle {}g(b)\neq g(a)} , and there exists some c ∈ ] a , b [ {\displaystyle {}c\in {]a,b[}} such that