Induction

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Induction may refer to:

General use

• Rite of passage
  • Introduction of an individual into a body such as the armed forces
  • Formal introduction of a priest into possession of the position to which she or he has been presented and instituted
  • Student orientation, an induction program for new students at Universities
  • Teacher induction, the support and guidance provided to novice educators in the early stages of their careers
  • Induction (teachers), the period of one year following qualification as a teacher in the United Kingdom
• Induction (play), an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English plays

Technical uses

In biology and chemistry:

• Inductive effect, the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
• Induction period, the time interval between the initial cause and the appearance of the first measurable effect
• Regulation of gene expression, the means by which a gene product is either induced or inhibited
• Induction (birth), induction of childbirth
• Induced stem cells
• Asymmetric induction, the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
• Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
• Morphogenesis
• Cellular differentiation
• Enzyme induction and inhibition

In mathematics:

• Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
  • Strong induction, or complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction
  • Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction
  • Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
• Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
• Statistical induction, also known as statistical inference
• Induced representation, in representation theory, an operation for obtaining a representation of an object from one of its subobjects
  • Parabolic induction, a method of constructing group representations of a reductive group from representations of its parabolic subgroups

In philosophy, logic, and computer science:

• Inductive reasoning, in standard logic an argument is inductive if it's intended to be strong rather than valid.
• Inductive reasoning, in science the term "induction" is commonly used to describe inferences from particular cases to the general case, or from a finite sample of data to a generalization about a whole population.
  • Backward induction in game theory and economics
  • Concept learning, the induction of a concept (category) from observations

In physics:

• Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
  • Induction heating, the process of heating an electrically conducting object
  • Induction cooker, which uses induction heating for cooking
• Electrostatic induction in physics and engineering
• Forced induction, with combustion engines, the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake