Isomorphism (disambiguation)

Isomorphism or isomorph may refer to:

  • Isomorphism, in mathematics, logic, philosophy, and information theory, a mapping that preserves the structure of the mapped entities, in particular:
    • Graph isomorphism a mapping that preserves the edges and vertices of a graph
    • Group isomorphism a mapping that preserves the group structure
    • Ring isomorphism a mapping that preserves both the additive and multiplicative structure of a ring
    • Isomorphism theorems theorems that assert that some homomorphisms involving quotients and subobjects are isomorphisms
  • Isomorphism (sociology), a similarity of the processes or structure of one organization to those of another
  • Isomorphism (crystallography), a similarity of crystal form
  • Isomorphism (Gestalt psychology), a correspondence between a stimulus array and the brain state created by that stimulus
  • Cybernetic isomorphism, a recursive property of viable systems, as defined in Stafford Beer's viable system model
  • Isomorph (gene), a classification of gene mutation

See also

  • Isomorph Records, a British music label
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