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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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A function f : D -> D is idempotent if
idempotent function is a fixed point of the function.
inclusion; a header file so protected is said to be idempotent.
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