Definition:Isomorphism
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Isomorphism may refer to:
- Isomorphism (Abstract Algebra): An isomorphism between two algebraic structures is a bijection which preserves operations.
- Group isomorphism: an isomorphism between two groups.
- Ring isomorphism: an isomorphism between two rings.
- $R$-algebraic structure isomorphism: an isomorphism between two $R$-algebraic structures.
- Relation Theory:
- Relation isomorphism: An isomorphism between two relational structures is a bijection which preserves relations.
- Order Theory:
- Order isomorphism: A bijection between two ordered sets which is order-preserving in both directions.
- Ordered structure isomorphism: a bijection $\phi: S \to T$ from an ordered structure $\struct {S, \circ, \preceq}$ to another $\struct {T, *, \preccurlyeq}$ which is both an isomorphism from the structure $\struct {S, \circ}$ to the structure $\struct {T, *}$ and an order isomorphism from the ordered set $\struct {S, \preceq}$ to the ordered set $\struct {T, \preccurlyeq}$.
- Category Theory:
- Isomorphism (Category Theory): A morphism $f: X \to Y$ for which there exists a morphism $g: Y \to X$ such that $g \circ f = \operatorname{id}_X$ and $f \circ g = \operatorname{id}_Y$.
- Isomorphism of Categories
- Graph Theory:
- An isomorphism between two graphs is a bijection which preserves incidences between edges and vertices.
- Linear Algebra:
- Isomorphism (Hilbert Spaces): An isomorphism between two Hilbert spaces is a linear surjection which preserves the inner product.
- Topology:
- Isomorphism (Topology): same thing as a homeomorphism.
Also see
Linguistic Note
The word isomorphism derives from the Greek morphe (μορφή) meaning form or structure, with the prefix iso- meaning equal.
Thus isomorphism means equal structure.
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): isomorphic