# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotonic_function Topics:: #mathematic --- # Monotonic function - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 110922_165408 > > In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order.[1][2][3] This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.