monotone nondecreasing sequence

monotone nondecreasing sequence

(mathematics) A sequence, {Sn }, of real numbers that never decreases; that is, Sn +1Sn for all n. A sequence of real-valued functions, {ƒn }, defined on the same domain, D, that never decreases; that is, ƒn +1(x) ≥ ƒn (x) for all n and for all x in D.