TITLE: Definition for monotonicity of multivariate function
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Is there any standard definition for monotonicity of a multivariate function?
I suppose it's something like:

$\forall i: x_i \leq x_i' \implies f(x_1, \ldots, x_i, \ldots, x_k) \leq f(x_1, \ldots, x_i', \ldots, x_k)$

thanks!

REPLY [4 votes]: A sensible extension of monotonicity is the following. Let $A$ and
$B$ be partially ordered sets. Let $f\colon A\rightarrow B$. $f$
is monotone if for each $x,y\in A$ s.t. $x\leq y$ we have that $f\left(x\right)\leq f\left(y\right)$.
Just take $A=\mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $B=\mathbb{R}^{m}$ for the case you are interested in.