Involution
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An involution is a function whose inverse is itself.
Examples
- The function has the inverse , which is the same function, and thus is an involution.
- The logical NOT is an involution because $\neg \neg p} \equiv p$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
- The additive negation is an involution because .
- The multiplicative inverse is an involution because . In fact, for any , f(x)=\frac{n}{x}$is an involution.
== Properties ==
- An function is an involution [[iff]] it is symmetric about the line$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)f(x)=x$ in the coordinate plane.
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