fixed point

See also: fixed-point

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Noun

fixed point (plural fixed points)

1. (computing) A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
2. (mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value ${\displaystyle x}$ for which ${\displaystyle f(x)=x}$.

   Synonym: fixpoint

Derived terms

• Banks-Zaks fixed point
• Brouwer fixed-point theorem
• fixed-point number
• Kleene fixed-point theorem
• Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
• Tarski's fixed-point theorem

• (mathematics): attractor
• idempotence
• nullipotence

Translations

value unchanged by a mapping

Chinese: Mandarin: 不動點 / 不动点 (bùdòngdiǎn), 定點 / 定点 (zh) (dìngdiǎn) Czech: pevný bod m Finnish: kiintopiste French: point fixe (fr) f Greek: σταθερής υποδιαστολής (el) f (statherís ypodiastolís) Hungarian: fixpont (hu) Japanese: 固定小数点 (こていしょうすうてん, kotei shōsūten) Kazakh: қозғалмайтын нүкте (qozğalmaityn nükte) Portuguese: ponto fixo m Romanian: punct fix n Spanish: punto fijo m Swedish: fixpunkt (sv) c

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Serbo-Croatian: fiksna točka f Swedish: fixpunkt (sv) c

Adjective

fixed point (not comparable)

1. (computing) Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations.

Alternative forms

• fixed-point

Antonyms

• floating point

Translations

in computing

Chinese: Cantonese: 定点 (ding6 dim2), 定點 / 定点 (ding6 dim2) Hokkien: 定点 (tēng-tiám), 定點 / 定点 (zh-min-nan) (tēng-tiám) Mandarin: 定点 (zh) (dìngdiǎn), 定點 / 定点 (zh) (dìngdiǎn) Finnish: kiinto-, kiinteän pilkun French: virgule fixe (fr) f German: Fixkomma- Hungarian: fixpontos Polish: stałoprzecinkowy m Turkish: sabit noktalı