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PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A branch of geometry that deals with the properties of geometric configurations that are unaltered by projective transformation and in which the notion of length does not appear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Géométrie qui étudie les invariants par le groupe projectif des homographes, où existent les concepts de point et de droite, à l'infini.

OBS

Définition due à F. Klein qui, dans le programme d'Erlangen (1872), caractérise chaque géométrie par un groupe de transformations et l'identifie à l'étude des invariants de ce groupe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Gráficos de computadora
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