Klein quadric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lines of a 3-dimensional projective space, S, can be viewed as points of a 5-dimensional projective space, T. In that 5-space, the points that represent each line in S lie on a hyperbolic quadric, Q, known as the Klein quadric.

Word forms

Klein quadric Klein quadrics

Etymology

After German mathematician Felix Klein.

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