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ISOMORPHISM [3 records]

Record 1 2012-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A condition in which two or more chemical compounds have essentially the same cyrstalline structure ...

OBS

... such substances are so closely similar that they can generally crystallize together to form a continuous series of solid solutions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Fait, pour deux corps chimiques ou deux minéraux, de présenter une structure cristalline semblable.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

A one-to-one function of an algebraic structure (for example, group, ring, module, vector space) onto another of the same type, preserving all algebraic relations; its inverse function behaves likewise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Homomorphisme bijectif.

PHR

Définir une relation d'isomorphisme, énoncer, exprimer un isomorphisme.

PHR

Isomorphisme affine, fonctoriel.

PHR

Isomorphisme d'algèbre, d'anneau, dans une catégorie, de corps, de groupe, d'ensembles ordonnés, de propriétés, d'espaces affines, d'espaces vectoriels.

PHR

Composée, théorème d'isomorphisme.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

In Gestalt psychology the hypothesis that there is a point-for-point or structural correspondence between the stimulus and excitatory fields in the cerebral cortex. This does not mean that the objects in the environment of the brain are "pictured" on the cortex as they exist in physical reality.

CONT

Thus, isomorphism, ... implying equality of form, makes the bold assumption that the motion of the atoms and the molecules of the brain are not fundamentally different from thoughts and feelings but in their molar aspects, considered as processes in extension, identical.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Analogie de forme et une identité de structure entre deux systèmes. (...) une conception selon laquelle les zones d'excitation de cerveau ont une correspondance formelle avec les contenus de conscience.

Spanish

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