"fixed set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fixed sets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fixed set (plural fixed sets)
  1. (mathematics) A set which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a set, S, is a fixed set of a function, f, if and only if for all x in S, f(x)=x. Wikipedia link: fixed set Categories (topical): Geometry, Mathematics

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