Kleene fixed-point theorem
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after American mathematician Stephen Cole Kleene.
Proper noun
[edit]the Kleene fixed-point theorem
- (mathematics) Suppose is a directed-complete partial order with a least element, and let be a Scott-continuous (and therefore monotone) function. Then has a least fixed point, which is the supremum of the ascending Kleene chain of .