question on the use of a subjunctive in ths sentence

[Masaria]

Hi, I would like to kow whether in the following sentence I should use CAN or COULD:

"the innvative points of this study are 1)..... 2) the definition of curves that could/can be considered typial for a certain kind of materials"

One moere thing: the adjective MULTIFOLDED.... can it be used to mean that a certain issue has several aspects to consider?

"... in a scenario as multifolded as the one described herein...."

thanks in advance

Masa

[Yankee]

Hi masaria

[Masaria]

Thanks for the tips...and sorry for my typo ...

As a matter of fact, I heard someone using the word "multifolded" with the meaning of "multifaceted"...but he was not a ntaive speaker.

I tink the word multifolded sounds fine, but I do not want to mislead he readers.... I serched it on the internet and came up with several different things

[Yankee]