inversive geometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of geometry concerned with inversion transformations, specifically circle inversions in the Euclidean plane, but also as generalised in non-Euclidean and higher-dimensional spaces.

Word forms

inversive geometry inversive geometries

Related words

circle inversion inversion plane inversion sphere inversion
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