Monotonicity on intervals #
In this file we prove that a function is (strictly) monotone (or antitone) on a linear order α
provided that it is (strictly) monotone on (-∞, a]
and on [a, +∞)
. This is a special case
of a more general statement where one deduces monotonicity on a union from monotonicity on each
set.
If f
is strictly monotone both on s
and t
, with s
to the left of t
and the center
point belonging to both s
and t
, then f
is strictly monotone on s ∪ t
If f
is strictly monotone both on (-∞, a]
and [a, ∞)
, then it is strictly monotone on the
whole line.
If f
is strictly antitone both on s
and t
, with s
to the left of t
and the center
point belonging to both s
and t
, then f
is strictly antitone on s ∪ t
If f
is strictly antitone both on (-∞, a]
and [a, ∞)
, then it is strictly antitone on the
whole line.
If f
is monotone both on s
and t
, with s
to the left of t
and the center
point belonging to both s
and t
, then f
is monotone on s ∪ t
If f
is monotone both on (-∞, a]
and [a, ∞)
, then it is monotone on the whole line.
If f
is antitone both on s
and t
, with s
to the left of t
and the center
point belonging to both s
and t
, then f
is antitone on s ∪ t
If f
is antitone both on (-∞, a]
and [a, ∞)
, then it is antitone on the whole line.