idempotence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”.
Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.[1]
Noun[edit]
idempotence (uncountable)
- (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.
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Translations[edit]
quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
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References[edit]
- ^ Polcino & Sehgal (2002), p. 127