Lipschitz constant
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
for a function $f$ defined on an interval $[a,b]$
The greatest lower bound of constants $M>0$ in the Lipschitz condition of order $\alpha$, $0<\alpha\leq1$,
\begin{equation*} |f(y)-f(x)|\leq M|y-x|^{\alpha}, \quad x,y\in[a,b] \end{equation*}
If $\alpha=1$ $f$ is called Lipschitz function.
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Lipschitz constant. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Lipschitz_constant&oldid=28851
Lipschitz constant. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Lipschitz_constant&oldid=28851
This article was adapted from an original article by A.V. Efimov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article