involutivity

Example:The involuted veins of a leaf create a distinctive pattern.

Definition:Folded or coiled up in a spiral or convoluted manner, or having a complex and ramified structure; intricate.

Example:The involute curve of a circle has a unique relationship with the original circle and is used in the design of gear teeth.

Definition:A curve that appears as if it were wrapped or twisted around itself in a specific mathematical context, often studied in differential geometry.

Example:The rotation of 180 degrees around a certain axis is an involutory transformation.

Definition:A transformation that, when applied twice, results in the identity transformation, meaning it undoes itself after one full cycle.