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In computer science, an m-by-n array of real numbers is a Monge Array if for all i,j,k,l such that:

and

which yields:

So whenever we pick two rows and two columns of a Monge Array and consider the four elements at the intersection points, the sum of the upper-left and lower right elements is less than or equal to the sum of the lower-left and upper-right elements.

This array is Monge Array:

For example, take the intersection of rows 2 and 4 with columns 1 and 5. The four elements are:

17 + 7 = 24
23 + 11 = 34

It holds that the sum of the upper-left and lower right elements is less than or equal to the sum of the lower-left and upper-right elements.