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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AWinding_Number_Around_Point.svg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, the <b>winding number</b> or <b>winding index</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=closed_curve">closed curve</a> in the <a href="page.php?w=plane_%28mathematics%29">plane</a> around a given <a href="page.php?w=point_%28mathematics%29">point</a> is an <a href="page.php?w=integer">integer</a> representing the total number of times that the curve travels counterclockwise around the point, i.e., the curve's <a href="page.php?w=number_of_turns">number of turns</a>.</p><p>
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