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A function that is not monotonic. In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.
However, all these functions are similar: they are not only increasing monotone transformations of each other (as are all utility functions representing the same relation); they are increasing linear transformations of each other. [7]: 9 In short, An additive ordinal utility function is unique up to increasing linear transformation.
Gradients of convex functions are cyclically monotone. In fact, the converse is true. [ 4 ] Suppose U {\displaystyle U} is convex and f : U ⇉ R n {\displaystyle f:U\rightrightarrows \mathbb {R} ^{n}} is a correspondence with nonempty values.
Dirichlet–Jordan test. In mathematics, the Dirichlet–Jordan test gives sufficient conditions for a real -valued, periodic function f to be equal to the sum of its Fourier series at a point of continuity. Moreover, the behavior of the Fourier series at points of discontinuity is determined as well (it is the midpoint of the values of the ...
Consistent heuristic. In the study of path-finding problems in artificial intelligence, a heuristic function is said to be consistent, or monotone, if its estimate is always less than or equal to the estimated distance from any neighbouring vertex to the goal, plus the cost of reaching that neighbour. Formally, for every node N and each ...
Quantile functions are used in both statistical applications and Monte Carlo methods. The quantile function is one way of prescribing a probability distribution, and it is an alternative to the probability density function (pdf) or probability mass function, the cumulative distribution function (cdf) and the characteristic function.
Monotone preferences. In economics, an agent's preferences are said to be weakly monotonic if, given a consumption bundle , the agent prefers all consumption bundles that have more of all goods. That is, implies . An agent's preferences are said to be strongly monotonic if, given a consumption bundle , the agent prefers all consumption bundles ...
Discontinuities of monotone functions. In the mathematical field of analysis, a well-known theorem describes the set of discontinuities of a monotone real-valued function of a real variable; all discontinuities of such a (monotone) function are necessarily jump discontinuities and there are at most countably many of them.