submultiplicative

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English

Etymology

sub- +‎ multiplicative

Adjective

submultiplicative (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Having the property of the norm (AB) <= norm(A) times norm(B) (See Norm)
    • 2016, EJ Janse van Rensburg, “Subadditivity in models of interacting lattice clusters”, in arXiv[1]:
      The partition functions of these models may satisfy a variety of super- or submultiplicative inequalities, and these may be reduced to a subadditive relation by taking logarithms, and changing signs, if necessary.