Convergence may refer to:

Arts and media

Literature

*''Convergence'' (book series), edited by

Ruth Nanda Anshen Ruth Nanda Anshen (June 14, 1900 – December 2, 2003) was an American philosopher, author and editor. She was the author of several books including ''The Anatomy of Evil'', ''Biography of An Idea'', ''Morals Equals Manners'' and ''The Mystery ...

* "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Weirdoverse titles in 1997 **A 2015 crossover storyline spanning the DC Comics Multiverse * ''Convergence'' (journal), an academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media * ''Convergence'' (novel), by Charles Sheffield * ''Convergence'' (Cherryh novel), by C. J. Cherryh

Music

* ''Convergence'' (Front Line Assembly album), 1988 * ''Convergence'' (David Arkenstone and David Lanz album), 1996 * ''Convergence'' (Dave Douglas album), 1999 * ''Convergence'' (Warren Wolf album), 2016

Other media

* ''Convergence'' (2015 film), an American horror-thriller film * ''Convergence'' (2019 film), a British drama film *''Convergence'', a 2021 Netflix film by Orlando von Einsiedel * ''Convergence'' (Pollock), a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock

Events

CONvergence Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen *Convergence (comics), "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that ...

, a speculative fiction convention in Minnesota * Convergence (ABC convention), an annual gathering of gay men of size and their admirers in North America *

Convergence (goth festival) Convergence (sometimes referenced as C*) is the annual net.goth party run by and for members of the alt.gothic and alt.gothic.fashion newsgroup, and other related Usenet newsgroups. Started in 1995, it is a chance for net.goths and others who ...

, the annual net.goth party

Organizations

* Convergence (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala * Convergence (Mexico), a political party in Mexico

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and ecology

Convergence (eye) A vergence is the simultaneous movement of both eyes in opposite directions to obtain or maintain single binocular vision. When a creature with binocular vision looks at an object, the eyes must rotate around a vertical axis so that the proje ...

, simultaneous inward movement of eyes toward each other *

Convergence (sustainability science) Convergence in sustainability sciences refers to mechanisms and pathways that lead towards sustainability with a specific focus on 'Equity within biological planetary limits'. These pathways and mechanisms explicitly advocate equity and recognise t ...

, progress towards equity within biological planetary limits in sustainability science *

Convergent evolution Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last com ...

, the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages

Computing

Convergence (evolutionary computing) Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen * "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Wei ...

, a means of modeling the tendency for genetic characteristics of populations to stabilize over time *Convergence (routing), the status of a set of routers having the same knowledge of the surrounding network topology *Convergence (SSL), a distributed replacement for the CA system used by Secure Sockets Layer

Mathematics

*Convergence space, a generalization of the notion of convergence that is found in point-set topology. *Convergence (logic), the property that different transformations of the same state have a transformation to the same end state *Convergent series, the process of some functions and sequences approaching a limit under certain conditions **More generally, the process of a sequence or other function converging to a Limit (mathematics), limit in a metric space. (See: Cauchy sequence; Limit of a sequence; Limit of a function.) **Pointwise convergence **Unconditional convergence **Uniform convergence **Modes of convergence (annotated index), Other modes of convergence (annotated index) *Convergence of random variables, different forms of stochastic convergence *Convergence of measures *A property of dynamical systems studied in stability theory

Other uses in science and technology

*Convergence (economics), a possible phenomenon also known as the Catch-up effect *Language convergence, the tendency of languages whose speaker communities overlap significantly to influence each other and become more similar as a result *Technological convergence, the tendency for different technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks *Convergence of evidence, or consilience, the principle that evidence from independent sources can "converge" to strong conclusions *Convergent boundary, the movement of two tectonic plates coming closer *Convergence zone, a region in the atmosphere where two prevailing flows meet and interact *Convergence zones of sonars; see Sonar#Sound propagation, Sonar *Gun harmonisation, also called multiple gun convergence *Convergence (optics), the angle formed between focused rays of light

Other uses

*Convergence (accounting), the goal of a single set of accounting standards to be used internationally *Convergence (relationship), the tendency of people to become more alike as a relationship progresses *Convergence Movement, a movement within Christianity *Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund#Convergence objective (formerly Objective 1), Convergence objective of the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (‘convergence funding’), part of the regional policy of the European Union from 2007 to 2013