Definition:Strictly Decreasing Sequence/Also known as
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Strictly Decreasing Sequence: Also known as
A strictly decreasing sequence is also referred to as strictly order-reversing.
Some sources use the term descending sequence or strictly descending sequence.
Some sources refer to a strictly decreasing sequence as a decreasing sequence, and refer to a decreasing sequence which is not strictly decreasing as a monotonic decreasing sequence to distinguish it from a strictly decreasing sequence.
That is, such that monotonic is being used to mean a decreasing sequence in which consecutive terms may be equal.
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Sources
- 1919: Horace Lamb: An Elementary Course of Infinitesimal Calculus (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$. Continuity: $2$. Upper or Lower Limit of a Sequence
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): decreasing sequence
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): decreasing sequence