Transition function
# Transition function

In mathematics, a transition function may refer to:

* a transition map between two charts of an atlas of a manifold or other topological space
* the function that defines the transitions of a state transition system in computing, which may refer more specifically to a
   * Turing machine,
   * finite-state machine, or
   * cellular automaton
* a stochastic kernel In statistics and probability theory, the conditional probability distribution function controlling the transitions of a stochastic process
