Definition (Lipschitz Condition)

A function satisfies a Lipschitz Condition in in a subset of , i.e. , when there exist a constant such that

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whenever ( ) and ( ) lie in . The constant is called the Lipschitz constant for .

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Example: consider the ODE

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on the set . Indeed,

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So the Lipschitz constant here is equal to 1.

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