Perturbation

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Perturbation or perturb may refer to:

• Perturbation theory, mathematical methods that give approximate solutions to problems that cannot be solved exactly
• Perturbation (geology), changes in the nature of alluvial deposits over time
• Perturbation (astronomy), alterations to an object's orbit (e.g., caused by gravitational interactions with other bodies)
• Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics), a set of approximation schemes directly related to mathematical perturbation for describing a complicated quantum system in terms of a simpler one
• Perturbation (biology), an alteration of the function of a biological system, induced by external or internal mechanisms
• Perturbation function, mathematical function which relates the primal and dual problems

See also[edit]

• Annoy, annoyance
• Disturbance (disambiguation)
• Non-perturbative

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