English Explanatory Dictionary

fixed point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
  2. A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x)=x.
adj
  1. Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

fixed point fixed points fixed-point

Synonyms

fixpoint

Antonyms

floating point

Derived words

Banks-Zaks fixed point Brouwer fixed-point theorem fixed-point number Kleene fixed-point theorem Lefschetz fixed-point theorem Tarski's fixed-point theorem attractor idempotence nullipotence
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