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| | Idempotent Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | In mathematics an idempotent element, or an idempotent for short, is anything that, when multiplied by itself, gives itself as result. |
 | | A ring in which multiplication is idempotent (x*x=x) is called a boolean ring. |
 | | In computing, idempotence is the quality of something that has the same effect if used multiple times as it does if used only once. |
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