Projective space
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projective-space-172-16183206
title:
Projective space
text:
In mathematics, the concept of a projective space originated from the visual effect of perspective, where parallel lines seem to meet at infinity. A projective space may thus be viewed as the extension of a Euclidean space, or, more generally, an affine space with points at infinity, in such a way that there is one point at infinity of each direction of parallel lines. This definition of a projective space has the disadvantage of not being isotropic, having two different sorts of points, which m
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Completion of the usual space with "points at infinity"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective_space
date created:
2003-06-08T11:34:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T12:20:41Z
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