coincidence vs congruence

coincidence

noun
  • A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence. 

  • A coincidence point. 

  • Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. 

  • Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none. 

congruence

noun
  • More generally: any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure. 

  • The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate. 

  • Matrix similarity by an orthogonal matrix. 

  • A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number. 

  • The quality of being isometric — roughly, the same measure and shape. 

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