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 .
- The additive negation is an involution because .
- The multiplicative inverse is an involution because . In fact, for any is an involution.
Properties
- An function is an involution iff it is symmetric about the line in the coordinate plane.
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