Meaning

2 senses

  1. An idempotent element.

  2. An idempotent structure.

Origin

From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Co

From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Coined in 1870 by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in the context of algebra, later generalized to computer science.

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Forms

plural: idempotents
Singularidempotent
Pluralidempotents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
idealistidealisticidealizeideallyB2identicalB2identicallyidentifiable

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