(OT) Humorous definition for fixed points?
I was just reminded of one of the joke definitions of recursion: "recursion: see recursion". Perhaps there is a similar one for fixed points? "To learn about fixed points find the fixed point of the process: Given somebody learn about fixed points from them." Course, my understanding of fixed points is poor and my jokes always have poor delivery. So I'm sure somebody else can do better. -Corey O'Connor
On Thursday 16 October 2008 02:01:57 Corey O'Connor wrote:
I was just reminded of one of the joke definitions of recursion: "recursion: see recursion".
Perhaps there is a similar one for fixed points? "To learn about fixed points find the fixed point of the process: Given somebody learn about fixed points from them."
According to the Curry-Howard isomorphism, a fixed point is the center of a hermeneutic circle. Hope this helps.
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