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Function that returns its argument unchanged
In mathematics, an identity function, also called an identity relation, identity map or identity transformation, is a function that always returns the value that was used as its argument, unchanged. That is, when is the identity function, the equality is true for all values of to which can be applied. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Identity functionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directionsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Gödel, Putnam, and FunctionalismThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The molecular basis for centromere identity and functionCited 728 times
- Go sideways: Semigroup with involutionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: HomomorphismA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A function whose value is always the same as its independent variable, and for which the codomain equals the domain.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The molecular basis for centromere identity and function
Stable isotope probing — linking microbial identity to function
Determinants of Resident Tissue Macrophage Identity and Function
Tissue signals imprint ILC2 identity with anticipatory function
The identity and function of microglia in neurodegeneration
Regulatory T Cells: Regulation of Identity and Function
Glutamine Metabolism Controls Chondrocyte Identity and Function
The Neuron Identity Problem: Form Meets Function
🆕 Influential since 2022
Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directions
Loss of liver function in chronic liver disease: An identity crisis
Long-Distance Transported RNAs: From Identity to Function
The intestinal microenvironment shapes macrophage and dendritic cell identity and function
Origin, identity, and function of terminal Schwann cells
📚 Books worth reading
Gödel, Putnam, and FunctionalismJeff Buechner · 2007
Blackness in Latin America and the CaribbeanNorman E. Whitten · 1998
Ramanujan's forty identities for the Rogers-Ramanujan functionsBruce C. Berndt, Geumlan Choi · 2007
Analytic and combinatorial generalizations of the Rogers-Ramanujan identitiesDavid M. Bressoud · 1980- 📕Kecemerlangan mindaAB. Fatah Hasan · 1994
- 📕L'inconsistenza del numeroLuca M. Possati · 2017
Functional IdentitiesMatej Brešar · 2007
Representation and realityHilary Putnam · 1988
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