Induction

The term induction has more than one meaning in the English language. Please see:

• Inductive reasoning in the fields of philosophy and logic, and used in science and the scientific method.
• Mathematical induction is a method of proof in the field of mathematics.
  • Strong induction, or Complete induction, is a variant of mathematical induction.
  • Transfinite induction is a kind of mathematical induction.
    • ∈-induction is a kind of transfinite induction.
  • Structural induction is a generalization of mathematical induction.
  • Statistical induction is the same as inferential statistics.
• Inductive reasoning aptitude.
• Induction heating.
• Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
  • radio frequency induction
  • Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect.
• Electrostatic induction.
• Induction of childbirth, see Induction (birth)
• Induction period related to the Atkins Nutritional Approach
• Backward induction in game theory and economics.
• Induction can refer to an initiation rite, at times in the form of hazing.
• Rhetorical induction.
• In enzymology and molecular biology, the mechanism of appearance of a gene product; see Regulation of gene expression.