function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order
Figure 1. A monotonically non-decreasing function Figure 2. A monotonically non-increasing function Figure 3. 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. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.
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