Associations to the word «Idempotent»
Noun
- Algebra
- Decomposition
- Projection
- Subgroup
- Matrix
- Module
- Ring
- Element
- If
- Operator
- Sum
- Identity
- Multiplication
- Operation
- Split
- Matrice
- Function
- Set
- Property
- Example
- Class
- Lattice
- Closure
- Ideal
- Given
- Norm
- Lift
- Theorem
- Jordan
- Request
- Category
- Composition
- Any
- Frame
- Map
- Theory
- Sequence
- Non
- Respect
- Value
- Analysis
- Join
- Method
- Factor
- Application
- Then
- Condition
- Addition
- Relation
- Effect
- Are
Adjective
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Wiktionary
IDEMPOTENT, adjective. (mathematics) (computing) Describing an action which, when performed multiple times, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
IDEMPOTENT, adjective. (mathematics) Said of an element of an algebraic structure (such as a group or semigroup) with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
IDEMPOTENT, adjective. (mathematics) Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
IDEMPOTENT, adjective. (mathematics) Said of an algebraic structure: having an idempotent operation (in the sense above).
IDEMPOTENT, noun. (mathematics) An idempotent element.
IDEMPOTENT, noun. (mathematics) An idempotent structure.
Dictionary definition
IDEMPOTENT, adjective. Unchanged in value following multiplication by itself; "this matrix is idempotent".
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