Basin of attractions with continuity and discontinuity

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Suppose $p$ is an attracting fixed point under a continuous map $f$ and that the basin of attraction of $p$ is the interval $(a,b)$. How do I show that $f(a,b)\subset(a,b)$?

So I was able to show that $f(a,b)\subset(a,b)$ with the help of this: Fixed point, with basin of attraction but I'm trying to figure out if $f(a,b)$ can equal to $(a,b)$. I want to say yes because the basin of attractions are open intervals. My other question is that can all of this apply to discontinuous maps? I want to say yes again because basin of attractions are open intervals, so discontinuous maps are okay. I'm not sure how to go further about this.

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It can indeed be equal: for example, the basin of attraction of $0$ for $f(x) = x^3$ is $(-1,1)$, and $f((-1,1)) = (-1,1)$.

I presume the basin of attraction of $p$ for map $f$ is defined as the set of all $x$ such that $\lim_{n \to \infty} f^{n}(x) = p$ (where $f^{n}$ is the $n$-fold iterate of $f$). Then it is certainly true that if $x$ is in the basin of attraction of $p$, so is $f(x)$, and this does not require continuity. That is, $f$ maps the basin of attraction into itself. What does require continuity is that the basin of attraction is an open set.