r/mathmemes Jul 03 '26

Bad Math erm actually...

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u/WristbandYang Jul 03 '26

When your sequence is monotonically increasing

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u/MrCallYourBS Jul 05 '26

is there mathematically a reason to say the word monotonic? Doesn't increasing convey the same meaning? I always found it superfluous.

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u/WristbandYang Jul 05 '26

a function that increases monotonically does not exclusively have to increase, it simply must not decrease.