Lipschitz condition

[ lip-shits ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. the property of a function on a closed interval such that the absolute value of the difference in functional values at any two points in the interval is less than a constant times the absolute value of the difference of the points raised to some positive power m, called the order.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lipschitz condition¹

Named after Rudolf Lipschitz (1832–1903), German mathematician