monotonically decreasing

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Similarly, a real function f(x) is monotonically decreasing if

f(x)<f(y)x>y

Compare this to monotonically nonincreasing.

Conflict note. In other context, such as [1], this is called strictly decreasing. When this is the case, “monotonically nonincreasing” is instead called “monotonically decreasing.”

References

  • 1 http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/strictlyDecreasing.htmlstrictly decreasing,” from the NIST Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.
Title monotonically decreasing
Canonical name MonotonicallyDecreasing
Date of creation 2013-03-22 12:22:30
Last modified on 2013-03-22 12:22:30
Owner akrowne (2)
Last modified by akrowne (2)
Numerical id 8
Author akrowne (2)
Entry type Definition
Classification msc 40-00
Synonym monotone decreasing
Synonym strictly decreasing
Related topic MonotonicallyIncreasing