Convergence may refer to:
Arts and media
Literature
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Convergence (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen
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"Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics:
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A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Weirdoverse titles in 1997
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A 2015 crossover storyline spanning the DC Comics Multiverse
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Convergence (journal), an academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media
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Convergence (novel), by Charles Sheffield
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Convergence (Cherryh novel), by C. J. Cherryh
Music
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Convergence (Front Line Assembly album), 1988
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Convergence (David Arkenstone and David Lanz album), 1996
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Convergence (Dave Douglas album), 1999
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Convergence (Warren Wolf album), 2016
Other media
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Convergence (Pollock), a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock
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Convergence (2015 film), an American horror-thriller film
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Convergence (2019 film), a British drama film
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Convergence, a 2021 Netflix film by Orlando von Einsiedel
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"Convergence" ( Blood & Oil), a 2015 television episode
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"Convergence" ( The Last of Us), a 2025 television episode
Events
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CONvergence, a speculative fiction convention in Minnesota
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Convergence (ABC convention), an annual gathering of gay men of size and their admirers in North America
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Convergence (goth festival), the annual net.goth party
Organizations
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Convergence (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala
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Convergence (Mexico), a political party in Mexico
Science, technology, and mathematics
Biology and ecology
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Convergence (eye), simultaneous inward movement of eyes toward each other
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Convergence (sustainability science), progress towards equity within biological planetary limits in sustainability science
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Convergent evolution, the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages
Computing
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Convergence (routing), the status of a set of routers having the same knowledge of the surrounding network topology
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Convergence (SSL), a distributed replacement for the CA system used by Secure Sockets Layer
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Network Convergence, the combined provisioning of telephone, video and data communication services within a single network
Mathematics
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Convergence space, a generalization of the notion of convergence that is found in point-set topology.
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Convergence (logic), the property that different transformations of the same state have a transformation to the same end state
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Convergent series, the process of some functions and sequences approaching a limit under certain conditions
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More generally, the process of a sequence or other function converging to a limit in a metric space
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Pointwise convergence
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Unconditional convergence
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Uniform convergence
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Other modes of convergence (annotated index)
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Convergence of random variables, different forms of stochastic convergence
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Convergence of measures
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A property of dynamical systems studied in stability theory
Other uses in science and technology
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Convergence (economics), a possible phenomenon also known as the Catch-up effect
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Language convergence, the tendency of languages whose speaker communities overlap significantly to influence each other and become more similar as a result
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Technological convergence, the tendency for different technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks
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Convergence of evidence, or consilience, the principle that evidence from independent sources can "converge" to strong conclusions
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Convergent boundary, the movement of two tectonic plates coming closer
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Convergence zone, a region in the atmosphere where two prevailing flows meet and interact
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Convergence zones of sonars; see Sonar
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Gun harmonisation, also called multiple gun convergence
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Convergence (optics), the angle formed between focused rays of light
Other uses
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Convergence (accounting), the goal of a single set of accounting standards to be used internationally
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Convergence (relationship), the tendency of people to become more alike as a relationship progresses
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Convergence Movement, a movement within Christianity
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Convergence objective of the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (‘convergence funding’), part of the regional policy of the European Union from 2007 to 2013
See also
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Converge (disambiguation)
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Convergent (disambiguation)
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Divergence (disambiguation)
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Transmedia storytelling