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== Involute and evolute == The [[evolute]] of a given curve <math>c_0</math> consists of the curvature centers of <math>c_0</math>. Between involutes and evolutes the following statement holds: <ref>K. Burg, H. Haf, F. Wille, A. Meister: ''Vektoranalysis: Höhere Mathematik für Ingenieure, Naturwissenschaftler und ...'', Springer-Verlag, 2012,{{ISBN|3834883468}}, S. 30.</ref><ref>R. Courant:''Vorlesungen über Differential- und Integralrechnung, 1. Band'', Springer-Verlag, 1955, S. 267.</ref> :''A curve is the evolute of any of its involutes.'' {{Gallery |title= Involute and evolute |width=160 | height=170 |align=center |File:Involute.gif |alt2=Involute of a catenary |Tractrix (red) as an involute of a catenary |File:Evolute2.gif |alt3=Evolute of a tractrix |The evolute of a tractrix is a catenary }}
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