Correspondence may refer to:

  • In general usage, non-concurrent, remote communication between people, including letters, email, newsgroups, Internet forums, blogs.

Science

  • Correspondence principle (physics): quantum physics theories must agree with classical physics theories when applied to large quantum numbers
  • Correspondence principle (sociology), the relationship between social class and available education
  • Correspondence problem (computer vision), finding depth information in stereography
  • Regular sound correspondence (linguistics), see Comparative method (linguistics)

Mathematics

  • Binary relation
  • Mathematical correspondence, a more general term than bijection
  • Set-valued function, for a correspondence as a function representing a set.
  • Correspondence (algebraic geometry), between two algebraic varieties
  • Corresponding sides and corresponding angles, between two polygons
  • Correspondence (category theory), the opposite of a profunctor
  • Correspondence (von Neumann algebra) or bimodule, a type of Hilbert space
  • Correspondence analysis, a multivariate statistical technique

Philosophy and religion

  • Correspondence theory of truth, a theory in epistemology
  • Correspondence (theology), the relationship between spiritual and physical realities
  • Table of magical correspondences, list of relations between various items used in ceremonial magic

Entertainment

  • Correspondence chess played between different geographical locations
  • Correspondence (album), a 1983 studio album by singer and musician Peter Godwin
  • The Correspondence, a 2016 film by Giuseppe Tornatore, featuring Jeremy Irons
  • Correspondences (Babbitt), a 1967 musical work by Milton Babbitt

Other uses

  • Correspondence course, a distant education method

See also

  • Correspondent (disambiguation)
  • La Correspondencia (disambiguation)