Induction

Induction may refer to:

General use

• Induction (birth), induction of childbirth
• 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
• A ceremony or formal act by which a person is inducted, as into office or military service.

Technical uses

In philosophy, logic, and computer science:

• Inductive reasoning, a form of reasoning often confused with scientific reasoning
  • Backward induction in game theory and economics
  • Concept learning is 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
• Forced induction, with combustion engines, is the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake

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 biology and chemistry

• Inductive effect is the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
• Induction (biology) is the initiation or cause of a change or process in developmental biology
• Induction period - the time interval between the initial cause and the appearance of the first measurable effect
• Regulation of gene expression, a process in which a molecule (e.g. a drug) induces (i.e. initiates or enhances) or inhibits the expression of an enzyme
• Induction (birth), induction of childbirth
• Asymmetric induction is the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
• Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
• Morphogenesis
• Regulation of gene expression
• Cellular differentiation
• Enzyme induction and inhibition