Fixed point

Fixed point

"Fixed point" has many meanings in science, most of them mathematical.

*Fixed point (mathematics)
*Fixed point combinator
*Fixed-point arithmetic, a manner of doing arithmetic on computers
*For “fixed points” in physics, see Renormalization group
*Fixed points are necessary for a watercraft to be moored to a quay


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