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Fixed Point Theorems

TagLast edit: Jul 17, 2020, 5:21 AM by Ben Pace

Fixed Point Theorems are very general theorems in mathematics that show for a given function and input that . We say that the input is a fixed point for the function .

These come up most commonly on LessWrong in work around Embedded Agency research, as well as in discussion of game theory.

Fixed Point Discussion

Scott GarrabrantNov 24, 2018, 8:53 PM
45 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Fixed Point Exercises

Scott GarrabrantNov 17, 2018, 1:39 AM
64 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Iter­a­tion Fixed Point Exercises

Nov 22, 2018, 12:35 AM
33 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

On de­ci­sion-pre­dic­tion fixed points

jollybardDec 4, 2019, 8:49 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing modal fixed points to for­mal­ize log­i­cal causality

cousin_itAug 24, 2017, 2:33 PM
21 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Topolog­i­cal Fixed Point Exercises

Nov 17, 2018, 1:40 AM
71 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

FixDT

abramdemskiNov 30, 2023, 9:57 PM
59 points
15 comments14 min readLW link1 review

Di­ag­o­nal­iza­tion Fixed Point Exercises

Nov 18, 2018, 12:31 AM
40 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

Self-con­firm­ing pre­dic­tions can be ar­bi­trar­ily bad

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2019, 11:34 AM
49 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

When wish­ful think­ing works

AlexMennenSep 1, 2018, 11:43 PM
41 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Fixed points and free will

Ege ErdilApr 19, 2022, 5:18 PM
31 points
32 comments4 min readLW link
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