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 continuous game is a mathematical concept, used in game theory, that generalizes the idea of an ordinary game like tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses) or checkers (draughts). In other words, it extends the notion of a discrete game, where the playe ...

, a generalization of games used in game theory ** Law of Continuity, a heuristic principle of Gottfried Leibniz *

Continuous function In mathematics, a continuous function is a function such that a continuous variation (that is a change without jump) of the argument induces a continuous variation of the value of the function. This means that there are no abrupt changes in value ...

, in particular: ** Continuity (topology), a generalization to functions between topological spaces ** Scott continuity, for functions between posets **

Continuity (set theory) In set theory, a continuous function is a sequence of ordinals such that the values assumed at limit stages are the limits ( limit suprema and limit infima) of all values at previous stages. More formally, let γ be an ordinal, and s := \langle s_, ...

, for functions between ordinals **

Continuity (category theory) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, the abstract notion of a limit captures the essential properties of universal constructions such as product (category theory), products, pullback (category theory), pullbacks and inverse limits. The du ...

, for functors **

Graph continuity In mathematics, and in particular the study of game theory, a function is graph continuous if it exhibits the following properties. The concept was originally defined by Partha Dasgupta and Eric Maskin in 1986 and is a version of continuity that f ...

, for payoff functions in game theory * Continuity theorem may refer to one of two results: **

Lévy's continuity theorem In probability theory, Lévy’s continuity theorem, or Lévy's convergence theorem, named after the French mathematician Paul Lévy, connects convergence in distribution of the sequence of random variables with pointwise convergence of their cha ...

, on random variables **

Kolmogorov continuity theorem In mathematics, the Kolmogorov continuity theorem is a theorem that guarantees that a stochastic process that satisfies certain constraints on the moments of its increments will be continuous (or, more precisely, have a "continuous version"). It is ...

, on stochastic processes * In geometry: ** Parametric continuity, for parametrised curves **

Geometric continuity In mathematical analysis, the smoothness of a function is a property measured by the number of continuous derivatives it has over some domain, called ''differentiability class''. At the very minimum, a function could be considered smooth if i ...

, a concept primarily applied to the conic sections and related shapes * In probability theory **

Continuous stochastic process In probability theory, a continuous stochastic process is a type of stochastic process that may be said to be "continuous" as a function of its "time" or index parameter. Continuity is a nice property for (the sample paths of) a process to have, ...

Science

Continuity equation A continuity equation or transport equation is an equation that describes the transport of some quantity. It is particularly simple and powerful when applied to a conserved quantity, but it can be generalized to apply to any extensive quantity. S ...

s applicable to conservation of mass, energy, momentum, electric charge and other conserved quantities *

Continuity test In electronics, a continuity test is the checking of an electric circuit to see if current flows (that it is in fact a complete circuit). A continuity test is performed by placing a small voltage (wired in series with an LED or noise-producing com ...

for an unbroken electrical path in an electronic circuit or connector * In materials science: ** a

colloidal system A colloid is a mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance. Some definitions specify that the particles must be dispersed in a liquid, while others exten ...

, consists of a dispersed phase evenly intermixed with a continuous phase ** a

continuous wave A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency, typically a sine wave, that for mathematical analysis is considered to be of infinite duration. It may refer to e.g. a laser or particle ...

, an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency

Entertainment

* Continuity (broadcasting), messages played by broadcasters between programs * Continuity editing, a form of film editing that combines closely related shots into a sequence highlighting plot points or consistencies * Continuity (fiction), consistency of plot elements, such as characterization, location, and costuming, within a work of fiction (this is a mass noun) * Continuity (setting), one of several similar but distinct fictional universes in a broad franchise of related works (this is a count noun) * "Continuity" or continuity script, the precursor to a film screenplay

Other uses

* Continuity (Apple), a set of features introduced by Apple * Continuity of operations (disambiguation) *

Continuous and progressive aspects The continuous and progressive aspects (abbreviated and ) are grammatical aspects that express incomplete action ("to do") or state ("to be") in progress at a specific time: they are non-habitual, imperfective aspects. In the grammars of many l ...

in linguistics * Business continuity * Health care continuity * Continuity in architecture (part of complementary architecture)

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