Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,723,941,506 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

upper bound

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
upper bound [¦əp·ər ′bau̇nd]
(mathematics)
IfSis a subset of an ordered setA, an upper boundbforSinAis an elementbofAsuch thatxbfor allxbelonging toA.
An upper bound on a function ƒ with values in a partially ordered setAis an element ofAwhich is larger than every element in the range of ƒ.

upper bound - An upper bound of two elements x and y under some relation <= is an element z such that x <= z and y <= z.

("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).

See also least upper bound.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
First, the Fed should not treat the lower bound of its inflation reference range of 1 to 2 percent more rigidly than they treat the upper bound.
In addition, the theoretical upper bound of the DD metric indicates the highest level of risk with no anticipated success (guaranteed failure), and is assigned a value of 1.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.