Continuity

Continuity or continuous may refer to:

Mathematics

• Continuity (mathematics), the opposing concept to discreteness; common examples include
  • Continuous probability distribution or random variable in probability and statistics
  • Continuous game, a generalization of games used in game theory
  • Law of Continuity, a heuristic principle of Gottfried Leibniz
• Continuous function; in particular:
  • Continuity (topology), a generalization to functions between topological spaces
  • Scott continuity, for functions between posets
  • Continuity (set theory), for functions between ordinals
  • Continuity (category theory), for functors
  • Graph continuity, for payoff functions in game theory
• Continuity theorem may refer to one of two results:
  • Lévy's continuity theorem on random variables
  • Kolmogorov continuity theorem on stochastic processes
• In geometry:
  • Parametric continuity, for parametrised curves
  • Geometric continuity, a concept primarily applied to the conic sections and related shapes

Science

• Continuity equations applicable to conservation of mass, energy, momentum, electric charge and other conserved quantities
• Continuity test for an unbroken electrical path in an electronic circuit or connector
• In materials science:
  • a colloidal system consists of a dispersed phase evenly intermixed with a continuous phase
  • a continuous wave, an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency

Other uses

• Continuity of Operations Plan, a United States Federal initiative to ensure that agencies are able to continue performance of essential functions under a broad range of circumstances
• Continuity (fiction), the consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer
• Continuity editing, a film editing technique used to create logical coherence between shots
• Continuity supervisor or script supervisor, a member of a film crew responsible for maintaining continuity of the motion picture
• Continuity (broadcasting), messages (other than advertisements) played by broadcasters between programs.
• Health care continuity
• In ethnography and ethnic nationalism, ethnic continuity or indigenism
• Continuous aspect, a verb form that expresses incomplete action
• Continuity (Apple), a set of features introduced by Apple with Mac OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 to allow seamless interoperability between the two operating systems
• Continuity Irish Republican Army, Irish Republican paramilitary group.

See also

• Continuum (disambiguation)
• Contiguity