What is an involutorial homeomorphism?

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Having searched the term "involutorial" here, on Google, and in the references of the source paper where I first have met this term (in fact the only time), I am wondering whether could anyone give a definition of an involutorial homeomorphism. The location of this term in the paper is Theorem 2.4 on page 98.

Could it be that the source paper is dated 1955?

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An involutorial homeomorphism is a homeomorphism that is also an involution. An involution is a function $f$ that satisfies $f^2=\operatorname{id}$, i.e. an function that is its own inverse. See also the Wikipedia page on involutions, which states at the outset that an involutory function is the same as an involution.