English Explanatory Dictionary

cross-ratio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear transformations.

Word forms

cross-ratio cross-ratios crossratio

Etymology

From cross- + ratio.

Synonyms

anharmonic ratio double ratio
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