. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1069778943"^^ . . . . . . "In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "48260"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "18427"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Monotonic function"@en . . . . . . . . . "In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory."@en . . . . . . .