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Lipschitz functions, also known as Lipschitz continuous functions, are a class of functions in mathematics that exhibit a specific type of boundedness. A function f from a metric space (X, d_X) to another metric space (Y, d_Y) is said to be Lipschitz continuous if there exists a real number K ≥ 0, known as the Lipschitz constant, such that for all x_1, x_2 in X, the following inequality holds:

d_Y(f(x_1), f(x_2)) ≤ K * d_X(x_1, x_2)

This condition implies that the function does not increase distances by more than a factor of K. Lipschitz functions are a generalization of the concept of Lipschitz continuity in Euclidean spaces, where the metric is induced by the absolute value.

Lipschitz functions have several important properties. They are uniformly continuous, meaning that for any ε > 0, there exists a δ > 0 such that d_X(x_1, x_2) < δ implies d_Y(f(x_1), f(x_2)) < ε. Additionally, Lipschitz functions are differentiable almost everywhere, and their derivatives are bounded by the Lipschitz constant.

Lipschitz functions are widely used in various fields of mathematics and its applications, including optimization, control theory, and machine learning. They play a crucial role in the study of dynamical systems, where they help characterize the stability and robustness of solutions. In machine learning, Lipschitz functions are used to ensure the stability and generalization of models, particularly in the context of adversarial examples.