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Lipschitz (or Lipshitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz), and may refer to:

Daniel Lipšitz, former minister of justice in Slovakia
Dr. Lipschitz, fictional character of the Rugrats series
Israel Lipschitz (1782–1860), rabbi and biblical scholar
Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973), Cubist sculptor
Rudolf Lipschitz (1832–1903), German mathematician

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Adjective
  - 1.2.1 Derived terms

English

Etymology

Named after Rudolf Lipschitz.

Adjective

Lipschitz (not comparable)

Positive
Lipschitz

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

(mathematics) (Of a real-valued real function $f$ ) Such that there exists a constant $K$ such that whenever $x 1$ and $x 2$ are in the domain of $f$ , $|f(x_1)-f(x_2)|\leq K|x_1-x_2|$ .

Derived terms

Lipschitz condition
Lipschitz constant
Lipschitz continuity
Lipschitz continuous

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