branching vs divergence

branching

noun
  • A process of forming a branch. 

divergence

noun
  • The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time. 

  • the operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i) 

  • The degree to which two or more things diverge. 

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