Fixed point may refer to:
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Fixed point (mathematics)
A fixed point (sometimes shortened to fixpoint, also known as an invariant point) is a value that does not change under a given transformation. Specifically, in mathematics, a fixed point of a function is an element that is mapped to itself by t ...
, a value that does not change under a given transformation
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Fixed-point arithmetic
In computing, fixed-point is a method of representing fractional (non-integer) numbers by storing a fixed number of digits of their fractional part. Dollar amounts, for example, are often stored with exactly two fractional digits, represent ...
, a manner of doing arithmetic on computers
* Fixed point, a
benchmark (surveying)
The term benchmark, bench mark, or survey benchmark originates from the chiseled horizontal marks that surveyors made in stone structures, into which an angle-iron could be placed to form a "bench" for a leveling rod, thus ensuring that a le ...
used by geodesists
* Fixed point join, also called a
recursive join
* Fixed point, in quantum field theory, a coupling where the beta function vanishes – see
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