abstract:In order theory, a branch of mathematics, the least fixed point (lfp or LFP) of a function is the fixed point which is less than or equal to all other fixed points, according to some partial order.
Many loopinvariantscan beexpressedinthe form of the fixedpointof a predicateuniversalfunction while weakest precondition is leastfixed pointandexplained in theviewof category theory.