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transition function

The English word “transition function” has 2 meanings listed here.

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,φ₁) and (U_2,φ₂) coordinate charts with U_1∩U_2≠∅, the transition functions φ₁₂=φ₂∘φ₁⁻¹ and its inverse φ₂₁=φ₁∘φ₂⁻¹ may be constructed.
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