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arxiv: 1209.6193 · v1 · pith:TOHZNTOLnew · submitted 2012-09-27 · 🧮 math-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· math.MP· physics.class-ph

Why is the Legendre Transformation Involutive?

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The question posed in the title is answered in terms of a simple pictorial argument that is manifestly symmetric between the two functions that are Legendre transform of each other.

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