Isomorphism

Meaning

Noun

●

In Biology:

Similarity of form

the

of

, which may be due to

convergent evolution

or

, e.g. an

in which the

and

life

are

indistinguishable

based on morphology.

●

In Chemistry:

Similarity of form

the

in the

of

compounds

●

In Sociology:

Similarity of form

the

in the structure or

of different organizations

●

Similarity of form

●

In Functions:

A

correspondence

A

both

and its

⁻¹ are

, that is, structure-preserving mappings.

●

In Computer science:

A

correspondence

a

between all the

of

, e.g. the

of two

, or the

datasets

●

In Category theory:

A

correspondence

A

which has a

; the

of the

an

either one of two

identity morphisms

(

the order of

).

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Origin

isomorphism

English

-morphism

English

iso-

English

ἴσος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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