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[invariance] INVARIANT and INVARIANCE may refer to: [TOC right]
** Computer science
- Invariant (computer science) , an expression whose value doesn't change during program execution - Loop invariant , a property of a program loop that is true before (and after) each iteration - A data type in method overriding that is neither covariant nor contravariant - Class invariant , an invariant used to constrain objects of a class
** Physics, mathematics, and statistics
- Invariant (mathematics) , a property of a mathematical object that is not changed by a specific operation or transformation - Rotational invariance , the property of function whose value does not change when arbitrary rotations are applied to its argument - Scale invariance , a property of objects or laws that do not change if scales of length, energy, or other variables, are multiplied by a common factor - Topological invariant - Invariant (physics) , something does not change under a transformation, such as from one reference frame to another - Invariant estimator in statistics - Measurement invariance , a statistical property of measurement - Oxford University Invariant Society , an Oxford student mathematics club
** Other uses
- Invariant (linguistics) , a word that does not undergo inflection - Invariant (music) - Writer invariant , property of a text which is similar in all texts of a given author, and different in texts of different authors - _Invariance_ (magazine) , a French Communist journal - _Invariances_ , a 2001 book by philosopher Robert Nozick
** See also
- [invariance] - [invariant] [Disambiguation]