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Rezeprokal is a term used in some scholarly writings to denote properties or relationships that are reciprocal or mutually reflective. The word is not widely standardized, and its precise meaning can vary by discipline. In general, rezeprokal describes a correspondence in which the action or relation between two entities preserves a back-and-forth symmetry, such that each element plays an equivalent role with respect to the other.

Etymology and usage: The coinage appears as a neologism built from the core notion of reciprocity. In

Applications: In mathematics, rezeprokal relations may describe symmetric relations (if a is related to b then

Related concepts include reciprocity, symmetry, inverse functions, and duality.

English-language
math
and
science
literature
it
is
encountered
infrequently
and
often
explained
as
a
synonym
or
near-synonym
of
reciprocity,
symmetry,
reciprocity
of
a
relation,
or
invertibility,
depending
on
the
author.
In
other
languages
and
in
interdisciplinary
writing,
rezeprokal
is
used
to
emphasize
the
mutual
character
of
a
link
rather
than
a
unilateral
operation.
b
is
related
to
a).
In
the
study
of
functions,
a
rezeprokal
pair
of
mappings
f:
A
→
B
and
g:
B
→
A
is
sometimes
described
as
reciprocal
if
g
is
a
left
and
right
inverse
of
f
(g∘f
=
id_A
and
f∘g
=
id_B).
In
other
contexts,
the
term
appears
in
linguistics
or
social
sciences
to
characterize
mutual
influence,
reciprocity
of
obligations,
or
reciprocal
constructions.