transition function

Noun

 * 1)  A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.
 * 2)  A homeomorphism that bijects between the subsets of the images of two overlapping coordinate charts that  are shared in the preimage: For $$(U_1, \varphi_1)$$ and $$(U_2, \varphi_2)$$ coordinate charts with $$U_1 \cap U_2 \neq \emptyset$$, the transition functions $$\varphi_{12} = \varphi_2 \circ \varphi_1^{-1}$$ and its inverse $$\varphi_{21} = \varphi_1 \circ \varphi_2^{-1}$$ may be constructed.

Translations

 * Finnish: siirtymäfunktio
 * German: Übergangsfunktion
 * Romanian: funcție de tranziție


 * Finnish: transitiokuvaus
 * German: Übergangsfunktion, Kartenübergang, Kartenwechsel