Definition:Smooth Real Function
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Definition
A real function is smooth if and only if it is of differentiability class $C^\infty$.
That is, if and only if it admits of continuous derivatives of all orders.
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Also defined as
Some sources define a smooth function as a real function which has a continuous first derivative everywhere.
Also see
- My brother Esau is an hairy man, but I am a smooth man. -- Take A Pew
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): smooth: 1.
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): smooth