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Invariant and invariance may have several meanings, among which are:

Invariant (computer science)
Invariant (computer science)

In Computer science, a predicate that, if true, will remain true throughout a specific sequence of Operation , is called invariant to that sequence....
, an expression
Expression (programming)

An expression in a programming language is a combination of value s, variables, operator s, and function s that are interpreted according to the particular Order of operations and of association for a particular programming language, which computes and then produces another value....
whose value doesn't change during program execution
Execution (computers)

Execution in computer engineering and software engineering is the Process by which a computer or a virtual machine carries out the instructions of a computer program....
In computer science, a type in overriding
Method overriding (programming)

Method overriding, in object oriented programming, is a language feature that allows a Subclass to provide a specific implementation of a method that is already provided by one of its superclass es....
that is neither covariant nor contravariant
Covariance and contravariance (computer science)

Within the type system of a programming language, an operator from types to types is covariant if it preserves the subtype, which orders types from more specific ones to more generic ones; it is contravariant if it reverses this ordering....
Invariant (mathematics)
Invariant (mathematics)

In mathematics, an invariant is something that does not change under a set of Transformation s. The property of being an invariant is invariance....
, something unaltered by a transformation
Transformation (mathematics)

In mathematics, a transformation could be any function from a set X to itself. However, often the set X has some additional algebraic or geometric structure and the term "transformation" refers to a function from X to itself which preserves this structure....
, for example: taking a homotopy group
Homotopy group

In mathematics, homotopy groups are used in algebraic topology to classify topological spaces. The first and simplest homotopy group is the fundamental group, which records information about loops in a space....
functor
Functor

In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a functor is a special type of mapping between categories. Functors can be thought of as morphisms in the category of small categories....
on the category of topological space
Topological space

Topological spaces are mathematical structures that allow the formal definition of concepts such as convergence, connected space, and Continuous function ....
s. Then, homomeomorphic spaces have isomorphic fundamental group
Fundamental group

In mathematics, more specifically algebraic topology, the fundamental group or Poincar? group is a group associated to any given pointed space that provides a way of determining when two paths, starting and ending at a fixed base point, can be continuously deformed into each other....
. See topological invariant.
Invariant (music)
Invariant (physics)
Invariant (physics)

In mathematics and theoretical physics, an invariant is a property of a system which remains unchanged under some Transformation .The gravitational field of the Sun is invariant under a change of time ....
, meaning that something does not change under a transformation, such as from one reference frame
Reference frame

Reference frame may refer to:*Frame of reference, in physics*Reference frame , frames of a compressed video that are used to define future frames...
to another
Writer invariant
Writer invariant

Writer invariant, also called authorial invariant or author's invariant, is property of a text which is invariant of its author, that is, it will be similar in all texts of a given author and different in texts of different authors....
, property of a text which is similar in all texts of a given author, and different in texts of different authors.
Invariance - a French Communist journal