How to show that $1$ is an attracting period-2 point.

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Question: Let $f(x)=-\frac{1}{2}x^2-x+\frac{1}{2}$. Show that $1$ is an attracting period-2 point.

Solution:

$$f(1)=-1$$$$f(-1)=f(f(1))=1$$

Hence $x=1$ is a period-2 point. Since

$$f^\prime(x)=-x-1$$

then

$$|f^{\prime}(1)f^{\prime}(-1)|=|(-2)\times 0|=0<1$$

Hence $x=1$ is an attracting period-2 point.