Identity function

function that always returns the same value that was used as its argument

Also known as identity map, identity transformation, identity operator, id, Identity function, identity relation

quantity

MaRDI QIDQ6674013 FDOCommunityMathModDB WikidataQ321119 ScholiaQ321119

Formula(s) and quantities

Defining Formula: $x\mapsto x$

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function

Subclasses

bijection
self-mapping
idempotent function
involution
endofunction

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