In Mathematics
- Bott periodicity theorem, describing a periodicity in the homotopy groups of classical groups
- Fokker periodicity blocks, which mathematically relate musical intervals
- Periodic function, a function whose output contains values that repeat periodically
- Quasiperiodicity, property of a system that displays irregular periodicity
- Fourier series, decomposition of any periodic function or periodic signal into a set of simple oscillating functions
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