What is Lipschitz: Definition and 69 Discussions

Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. The surname has many variants, including: Lifshitz (Lifschitz), Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz, Lipshits, Lopshits, Lipschutz (Lipschütz), Lipshutz, Lüpschütz; Libschitz; Livshits; Lifszyc, Lipszyc. It is commonly Anglicized as Lipton, and less commonly as Lipington.
There are several places in Europe from where the name may be derived. In all cases, Lip or Lib is derived from the Slavic root lipa (linden tree, see also Leipzig), and the itz ending is the Germanisation of the Slavic place name ending ice.
In the Czech Republic:

Libčice nad Vltavou (German: Libschitz an der Moldau)
Liběšice u Litoměřic (German: Liebeschitz bei Leitmeritz)
Liběšice u Žatce (German: Libeschitz bei Saaz)In Poland:

Głubczyce (Silesian German: Lischwitz, German: Leobschütz)In mathematics, the name can be used to describe a function that satisfies the Lipschitz condition, a strong form of continuity, named after Rudolf Lipschitz.
The surname may refer to:

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  1. docnet

    Assume that if the real-valued function h(x) is Lipschitz continuous...

    I think the answer is no, since the requirements for Lipschitz continuous and epsilon-delta continuous are different. The reason I'm asking such an odd question is, I made a mistake by writing a proof of the Lipschitz continuity of ##g(h(x))## using the assumption that ##h(x)## is Lipschitz...
  2. Euge

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    Prove that the series $$\sum_{k = 1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{|x| + k}$$ converges for all ##x\in \mathbb{R}## to a Lipschitz function on ##\mathbb{R}##.
  3. P

    Find domain where function is Lipschitz

    The reduction is simple in all cases. For the first one, put ##x_1=x, x_2=x'## and ##x_3=x''##. Let ##\pmb{x}=(x_1,x_2,x_3)##. Then we get $$\pmb{x}'= \begin{pmatrix}x_1' \\ x_2' \\ x_3' \end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}x_2 \\ x_3 \\ 1-x_1^2 \end{pmatrix}=\pmb{f}(\pmb{x}),$$ where...
  4. hilbert2

    I Hölder and log-Hölder continuity

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  5. T

    Is f(t,y)=e^{-t}y Lipschitz Continuous in y?

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  6. mertcan

    I Lipschitz Condition: Finding the Lipschitz Constant

    Hi, as I see Lipschitz condition is written as: |f(x)-f(x')| <= M*|x-x'| and minimum M is called Lipschitz constant. I would like to ask how the minimum M is found out? For instance for many convergence theorem include Lipschitz condition and no say something about value of M but how M is...
  7. Math Amateur

    MHB Linear Mappings are Lipschitz Continuous .... D&K Example 1.8.14 .... ....

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  8. Math Amateur

    MHB The Euclidean Norm is Lipschitz Continuous .... D&K Example 1.3.5 .... ....

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  9. Math Amateur

    MHB Lipschitz Continuity .... and Continuity in R^n ....

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  10. Math Amateur

    MHB Lipschitz Condition and Uniform Continuity

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  11. T

    I Finding a Lipschitz Constant

    Compute a Lipschitz constant K as in (3.7) $$f(t, y_2)-f(t, y_1)=K(y_2-y_1) \space\space (3.7)$$, and then show that the function f satisfies the Lipschitz condition in the region indicated: $$f(t, y)=p(t)\cos{y}+q(t)\sin{y},\space {(t, y) | \space |t|\leq 100, |y|<\infty}$$ where p,q are...
  12. JasMath33

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  13. KF33

    I What is the relationship between contractive and Lipschitz functions?

    I was looking at this definition of a contractive function and the only difference I saw between it and a Lipschitz function was the b and M. I am just wondering how you look at the connections between them.
  14. S

    Lipschitz perturbations and Hammerstein integral equations

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  15. evinda

    MHB Lipschitz Condition: Does $f(t,y)$ Satisfy? Find Constant

    Hello! (Wave) Does the following $f(t,y)$ satisfy the Lipschitz condition as for $y$, uniformly as for $t$? If so, find the Lipschitz constant. $$f(t,y)=\frac{|y|}{t}, t \in [-1,1]$$ I have tried the following: $$\frac{|f(t,y_1)-f(t,y_2)|}{|y_1-y_2|}=\frac{|y_1|-|y_2|}{t|y_1-y_2|} \leq -...
  16. evinda

    MHB Local Lipschitz condition

    Hello! (Wave) The local Lipschitz condition is the following:Let $c>0$ and $f \in C([a,b] \times [y_0-c, y_0+c])$. If $f$ satisfies in $[a,b] \times [y_0-c,y_0+c]$ the Lipschitz criterion as for $y$, uniformly as for $t$, $$\exists L \geq 0: \forall t \in [a,b] \ \forall y_1, y_2 \in...
  17. P

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  18. M

    MHB Show that it is Lipschitz

    Hey! :o Let $E \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ Lebesgue measurable and $\phi (t)=m \left ( \Pi_{i=1}^{d} (-\infty , t_i ) \cap E \right )$. To show that $\phi$ is Lipschitz, can we do it as followed?? Let $x>y$. $$|\phi(x) - \phi(y)|=|m \left ( \Pi_{i=1}^{d} (-\infty , x_i ) \cap E \right )-m \left (...
  19. S

    MHB Equilibrium points and lipschitz functions

    Given a function Hn-Hn is localy lip on its domain and f(p)=0 for some p an element of D if x is a solution of the system x' =f(x) on interval I and x(s) not equal to p for some s in I. how can i show that x(t) is not equal to p for all t in I
  20. J

    Find region for which F(x,y) = (x+y)^2 is Lipschitz in y

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  21. O

    MHB Proving Local Lipschitz Property for Linear Functions on Real Numbers

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  22. S

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  23. O

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  24. evinda

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  25. M

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  26. M

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  27. K

    MHB Proving that a system of twelve ODEs satisfies Lipschitz condition

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  28. C

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  29. M

    Space of lipschitz functions: two metrics are topologically equivalent

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  30. F

    Continuity ##f:\mathbb_{R}^3 \to \mathbb_{R}## with Lipschitz

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  31. G

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    What is the difference between Lipschitz continuous and uniformly continuous? I know there different definitions but what different properties of a function make them one or the other(or both). So Lipschitz continuity means the functions derivative(gradient) is bounded by some real number and...
  32. S

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  33. marellasunny

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    could you give an example where the Lipschitz condition fails,like when there is a periodic forcing function? I'm thinking the Lipschitz condition would fail for a non-autonomous differential system because period-2 orbits exist for 2D non-autonomous continuous dynamical systems,which means the...
  34. B

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    Homework Statement Find a solution of the IVP \frac{dy}{dt} = t(1-y2)\frac{1}{2} and y(0)=0 (*) other than y(t) = 1. Does this violate the uniqueness part of the Existence/Uniqueness Theorem. Explain. Homework Equations Initial Value Problem \frac{dy}{dt}=f(t,y) y(t0)=y0 has a...
  35. B

    Lie derivatives and Lipschitz contants

    Hello all, I have a problem with an inequality. Let Is the following proof valid? from which, taking the norm to both sides yields where L is the Lipschitz constant of f w.r.t. x. Thus, can I conclude that Is it correct? Thanks :)
  36. F

    Derivatives and continuity / Lipschitz equation

    Hi! I think I've managed to solve this problem, but I'd like it to be checked Homework Statement show that if $$f : A\subset \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$$ and has both right derivative: $$f_{+}'(x_0),$$ and left derivative $$f_{-}'(x_0)$$ in $$x_0\in A$$, then $$f$$ is continuos in $$x_0.$$...
  37. L

    Lipschitz Continuous: Check Solutions & Get Hints

    This question is about lipschitz continuous, i think the way to check if the solutions can be found as fixed points is just differentiating f(t), but I'm not sure about this. Can anyone give me some hints please? I will really appreciate if you can give me some small hints.
  38. B

    Help interpreting HW question on Lipschitz Hölder

    Homework Statement I only need help interpreting the following: Show that every Lipschitz continuous function is α-Hölder continuous for every α ∈ (0, 1 The definition of both is given in the homework so this seems trivial but it's a graduate level class. Am I mising something? Thanks...
  39. L

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    Homework Statement f(x)={0 for x<0, \sqrt{x} else} a) Is f(x) globally Lipschitz? Explain b) Find the area for which f(x) is locally Lipschitz. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution a) f(x) is not globally Lipschitz in x on [a,b]xRn since there is a discontinuity at x=0. b) I would...
  40. O

    Lipschitz Property of Norms: Comparing α-norm and β-norm in ℝn

    Homework Statement Hello friends, i couldn't find a solution for the question below. Can you help me? Thank you very much. Let α-norm and β-norm be two different norms on ℝn. Show that f:ℝn->ℝm is Lipschitz in α-norm if and only if it is Lipschitz in β-norm Homework Equations...
  41. J

    Hint needed for lipschitz problem.

    a sufficient condition for uniqueness is the Lipschitz condition:  On a domain D of the plane, the function f (x, y) is said to satisfy the Lipschitz condition for a constant k > 0 if: |f(x,y1)−f(x,y2)|≤k|y1−y2| for all points (x,y1) and (x,y2) in D. Give an example of an IVP with...
  42. A

    Integrability and Lipschitz continuity

    (I've been lighting this board up recently; sorry about that. I've been thinking about a lot of things, and my professors all generally have better things to do or are out of town.) Is there an easy way to show that if f is Lipschitz (on all of \mathbb R), then \int_{-\infty}^\infty f^2(x)...
  43. I

    Lipschitz function and Baire Category Theorem

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  44. C

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  45. I

    Proving Real Lipschitz Function Differentiability

    Hello I've been told that a (real) Lipschitz function (|f(x)-f(y)|<M|x-y|, for all x and y) must be differentiable almost everywhere. but I don't see how I can prove it. anyone has an idea? Thanks
  46. L

    Lipschitz Continuous Functions: Differentiable Almost Everywhere?

    Someone told me that a continuous function that is Lipschitz is differentiable almost every where. If this is true how do I see it?
  47. K

    F(x)=||x|| is Lipschitz function

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  48. C

    Function is lipschitz continuous

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  49. C

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  50. T

    Show Lipschitz and Uniform Continuity of f(x)=xp on [a,b]

    Let f(x)=xp Show that f is Lipschitz on every closed sub-interval [a,b] of (0,inf). For which values of p is f uniformly continuous. So, we know that the map f is said to be Lipschitz iff there is a constant M s.t. |f(p)-f(q)|<=M|p-q|. And we were given the hint to use the Mean Value...
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