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fixed point

A method for storing and calculating numbers in which the decimal point is always in the same location. Contrast with floating point.

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fixed point [¦fikst ′pȯint]

(engineering)

A reproducible value, as for temperature, used to standardize measurements; derived from intrinsic properties of pure substances.

(mathematics)

For a function ƒ mapping a setSto itself, any element ofSwhich ƒ sends to itself.

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(mathematics)

fixed point - The fixed point of a function, f is any value, x for which f x = x. A function may have any number of fixed points from none (e.g. f x = x+1) to infinitely many (e.g. f x = x). The fixed point combinator, written as either "fix" or "Y" will return the fixed point of a function. See also least fixed point.