Continuity

Continuity may refer to:

In 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
Continuity equation for application in electromagnetic theory, fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics

Other uses:

Continuity (album), an album by electronic indie group Wedlock
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 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 programmes
An unbroken electrical path in an electronic circuit or connector
Health care continuity
In ethnography and ethnic nationalism, ethnic continuity or indigenism
In materials science:
- a colloidal system consists of a dispersed phase evenly intermixed with a continuous phase
- a continuous wave is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency

See also