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Lower Bound


A function f is said to have a lower bound c if c<=f(x) for all x in its domain. The greatest lower bound is called the infimum.


See also

Inequality, Infimum, Supremum, Upper Bound

Portions of this entry contributed by Todd Rowland

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Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W. "Lower Bound." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LowerBound.html

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